Palmetto Health

Palmetto Health was paid $64K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2018, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 43% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMETTO HEALTH
COLUMBIA, SC 29203

33aNPI1417211954assigned 06/29/2012

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$64K

24GClaims579

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2018

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#36 of 55

Median peer was paid$212K

This provider vs. median0.3×

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	579	$64K

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)	43%	176	161	$27K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	40%	327	298	$26K
A0225	Ambulance service, neonatal transport, base rate, emergency transport, one way	18%	76	68	$11K

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 officialECKERT, THOMAS (DIRECTOR OF PATIENT ACCOUNTS)

Parent organizationPALMETTO HEALTH