City of Independence

City of Independence was paid $445K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 63% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCITY OF INDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE, KS 67301

33aNPI1326043613assigned 06/15/2005

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$445K

24GClaims5,624

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Kansas

Rank by total paid#15 of 48

Median peer was paid$154K

This provider vs. median2.9×

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	775	$31K
2019	730	$36K
2020	837	$40K
2021	958	$44K
2022	998	$87K
2023	797	$108K
2024incomplete	529	$99K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	63%	2,467	1,948	$279K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	33%	3,047	2,250	$147K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	4.2%	110	105	$19K

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 officialCOWAN, DAVID (DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY)