Transport
TLC Emergency Medical Services INC
TLC Emergency Medical Services INC was paid $3.93M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTLC EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC
CORTLAND, NY 13045
CORTLAND, NY 13045
33aNPI1316934144assigned 10/06/2005
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$3.93M
24GClaims35,942
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in New York
Rank by total paid#26 of 219
Median peer was paid$322K
This provider vs. median12×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,655 | $392K | |
| 2019 | 4,301 | $472K | |
| 2020 | 4,820 | $537K | |
| 2021 | 5,272 | $568K | |
| 2022 | 6,208 | $596K | |
| 2023 | 6,108 | $678K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,578 | $691K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 41% | 8,935 | 7,423 | $1.63M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 36% | 6,640 | 5,893 | $1.43M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 17% | 17,581 | 13,407 | $650K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 4.9% | 1,202 | 1,082 | $193K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 221 | 215 | $28K |
| A0170 | Transportation ancillary: parking fees, tolls, other | <1% | 1,363 | 1,172 | $2K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialBUTLER, DAVID (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| TLC Medical Transport SVCS INC | Syracuse, NY | $1.20M |
| David a Butler DO LLC | Port Charlotte, FL | $60K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.