Transport
Blackhawk Medical Transportation, INC.
Blackhawk Medical Transportation, INC. was paid $5.79M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 62% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBLACKHAWK MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.
TINLEY PARK, IL 60477
TINLEY PARK, IL 60477
33aNPI1427005347assigned 05/27/2006
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$5.79M
24GClaims48,997
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#3 of 12
Median peer was paid$132K
This provider vs. median44×
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 | 2,422 | $244K | |
| 2019 | 3,218 | $378K | |
| 2020 | 4,709 | $475K | |
| 2021 | 4,214 | $482K | |
| 2022 | 8,993 | $883K | |
| 2023 | 14,150 | $1.51M | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,291 | $1.82M |
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) | 62% | 20,344 | 16,556 | $3.59M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 20% | 23,193 | 18,795 | $1.16M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 7.1% | 1,702 | 1,420 | $414K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 6.3% | 1,516 | 1,388 | $364K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | 2.8% | 574 | 504 | $162K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 1.4% | 329 | 287 | $78K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 1,103 | 925 | $17K |
| A0130 | Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van | <1% | 236 | 209 | $6K |
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 officialVANDENBERG, CHRISTOPHER (TREASURER)
Parent organizationAMB TRAN GROUP, LTD
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Trace Ambulance INC | Tinley Park, IL | $10.21M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.