Transport
County Council for Richland County
County Council for Richland County was paid $12.37M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 47% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNTY COUNCIL FOR RICHLAND COUNTY
COLUMBIA, SC 29204
COLUMBIA, SC 29204
33aNPI1437142742assigned 08/23/2005
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$12.37M
24GClaims217,184
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#3 of 51
Median peer was paid$630K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 26,269 | $1.87M | |
| 2019 | 25,802 | $1.80M | |
| 2020 | 26,647 | $1.75M | |
| 2021 | 35,490 | $2.10M | |
| 2022 | 40,830 | $2.29M | |
| 2023 | 32,471 | $1.46M | |
| 2024incomplete | 29,675 | $1.09M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 47% | 58,436 | 39,367 | $5.75M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 38% | 38,605 | 27,657 | $4.74M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 9.6% | 96,575 | 63,105 | $1.19M |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | 5.6% | 23,568 | 12,419 | $687K |
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 officialPOPE, JOHN (COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Pope Healthcare, INC | Dallas, TX | $2.56M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.