Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue

Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue was paid $7.48M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 89% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOWLITZ 2 FIRE & RESCUE
KELSO, WA 98626

33aNPI1417921644assigned 02/14/2006

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$7.48M

24GClaims20,979

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington

Rank by total paid#22 of 142

Median peer was paid$676K

This provider vs. median11×

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	2,626	$578K
2019	2,626	$1.03M
2020	2,580	$1.22M
2021	3,302	$1.37M
2022	3,601	$1.52M
2023	3,593	$1.08M
2024incomplete	2,651	$682K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0999	Unlisted ambulance service	89%	4,828	4,298	$6.62M
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	5.0%	3,740	3,397	$377K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	4.6%	4,245	3,750	$343K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	1.9%	8,166	7,071	$139K

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 officialLAFAVE, DAVE (FIRE CHIEF)