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Primary Care Ambulance INC
Primary Care Ambulance INC was paid $232K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 71% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPRIMARY CARE AMBULANCE INC
TOA ALTA, PR 00953
TOA ALTA, PR 00953
33aNPI1386962124assigned 05/04/2010
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$232K
24GClaims2,859
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#39 of 165
Median peer was paid$66K
This provider vs. median3.5×
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 | 34 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 154 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 419 | $23K | |
| 2022 | 902 | $66K | |
| 2023 | 1,263 | $126K | |
| 2024incomplete | 87 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 71% | 1,592 | 937 | $165K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 28% | 1,250 | 643 | $65K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | <1% | 17 | 16 | $1K |
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 officialPASTRANA, JOEL (PRESIDENT)