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Hidalgo County Emergency Service Foundation
Hidalgo County Emergency Service Foundation was paid $3.84M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2021, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHIDALGO COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE FOUNDATION
PHARR, TX 78577
PHARR, TX 78577
33aNPI1376734897assigned 08/08/2007
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$3.84M
24GClaims60,638
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#22 of 288
Median peer was paid$215K
This provider vs. median18×
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 | 21,689 | $1.35M | |
| 2019 | 16,600 | $1.02M | |
| 2020 | 14,152 | $884K | |
| 2021 | 8,197 | $580K |
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) | 53% | 15,295 | 13,158 | $2.03M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 20% | 26,062 | 20,133 | $769K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 13% | 3,891 | 3,575 | $487K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 7.4% | 6,443 | 5,043 | $285K |
| A0431 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) | 2.7% | 46 | 45 | $104K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 1.7% | 3,888 | 3,367 | $66K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | <1% | 3,220 | 2,507 | $29K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 114 | 113 | $20K |
| A0436 | Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile | <1% | 46 | 45 | $18K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 375 | 356 | $16K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 1,134 | 999 | $14K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | 0% | 124 | 119 | $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 officialPONCE, KENNETH (EMS DIRECTOR)