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North Benton Ambulance Service, INC.
North Benton Ambulance Service, INC. was paid $52K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 72% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTH BENTON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.
VINTON, IA 52349
VINTON, IA 52349
33aNPI1457438251assigned 11/01/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$52K
24GClaims1,570
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#29 of 45
Median peer was paid$85K
This provider vs. median0.6×
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.
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 | 248 | $7K | |
| 2019 | 250 | $7K | |
| 2020 | 286 | $12K | |
| 2021 | 208 | $9K | |
| 2022 | 325 | $11K | |
| 2023 | 137 | $3K | |
| 2024incomplete | 116 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 72% | 1,354 | 1,127 | $38K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 21% | 148 | 131 | $11K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 7.0% | 68 | 64 | $4K |
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 officialWISE, MELISSA (MANAGER)