Pierce County Fire Protection District #18

Pierce County Fire Protection District #18 was paid $1.30M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 93% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPIERCE COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #18
ORTING, WA 98360

33aNPI1366415879assigned 02/07/2006

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$1.30M

24GClaims2,244

24DCodes billed5

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington

Rank by total paid#58 of 142

Median peer was paid$676K

This provider vs. median1.9×

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	146	$5K
2019	179	$37K
2020	277	$160K
2021	450	$304K
2022	819	$544K
2023	373	$253K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0999	Unlisted ambulance service	93%	662	574	$1.22M
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	4.1%	1,160	1,030	$54K
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	2.2%	239	217	$28K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	<1%	64	57	$7K
A0394	Als specialized service disposable supplies; iv drug therapy	0%	119	105	$0.00

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 officialWEBB, PAUL (FIRE CHIEF)