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Duke University Health System, INC.

Duke University Health System, INC. was paid $1.59M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0436, Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile — 35% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
DURHAM, NC 27710
33aNPI1417954942assigned 06/30/2005
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$1.59M
24GClaims11,068
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#5 of 11
Median peer was paid$610K
This provider vs. median2.6×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official SMITH, JOHN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,149$63K
2019692$46K
2020467$46K
20211,087$167K
20222,485$467K
20232,758$431K
2024incomplete2,430$375K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0436 Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile 35% 1,510 1,211 $557K
A0431 Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) 29% 1,516 1,213 $465K
A0425 Ground mileage, per statute mile 21% 4,412 3,801 $343K
A0427 Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) 11% 2,031 1,764 $172K
A0426 Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) 2.9% 1,141 1,020 $46K
A0428 Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) <1% 341 325 $9K
A0433 Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) <1% 17 13 $2K
A0888 Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility) 0% 100 88 $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 officialSMITH, JOHN (VP FINANCE)
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