Guardian Flight LLC
Guardian Flight LLC was paid $843K by Medicaid between Aug 2018 and Jun 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0430, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) — 76% of everything it billed.
DEL NORTE, CO 81132
Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Colorado
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 55 | $73K | |
| 2019 | 128 | $179K | |
| 2020 | 190 | $231K | |
| 2021 | 144 | $198K | |
| 2023 | 32 | $44K | |
| 2024incomplete | 68 | $119K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0430 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) | 76% | 352 | 324 | $645K |
| A0435 | Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile | 24% | 253 | 242 | $199K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 12 | 12 | $182.04 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Reach Air Medical Services LLC | Brawley, CA | $79.06M |
| Cal-Ore Life Flight LLC | West Plains, MO | $14.13M |
| American Medical Response Ambulance Service INC | San Antonio, TX | $8.19M |
| Rural Metro of Greater Seattle INC | Fife, WA | $6.62M |
| Gold Cross Ambulance Services, INC. | Youngstown, OH | $3.48M |
| Mercury Ambulance Service INC | Louisville, KY | $2.16M |
| Mercy Ambulance of Evansville INC | Lexington, KY | $2.14M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Ada, OK | $2.11M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Campbellsville, KY | $1.80M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Middlesboro, KY | $1.77M |
| Herren Enterprises INC | Santa Ana, CA | $1.47M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Mount Vernon, IL | $1.43M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Hopkinsville, KY | $1.28M |
| Metro Ambulance Service (Rural), INC. | Alexandria, LA | $1.17M |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Danville, KY | $1.08M |
| Med-Trans Corporation | Greeneville, TN | $920K |
| Med-Trans Corporation | Douglas, AZ | $724K |
| Air Evac EMS, INC. | Bowling Green, KY | $635K |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Marion, IL | $627K |
| Air Evac EMS INC | Batesville, MS | $623K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.