Physician
Centracare Health System
Centracare Health System was paid $12.82M by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTRACARE HEALTH SYSTEM
BIG LAKE, MN 55309
BIG LAKE, MN 55309
33aNPI1457901506assigned 09/19/2019
33bProvider typeEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$12.82M
24GClaims39,739
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Dec 2024
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BLAIR, MICHAEL controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6,136 | $1.81M | |
| 2021 | 7,044 | $2.20M | |
| 2022 | 8,526 | $2.71M | |
| 2023 | 10,002 | $3.19M | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,031 | $2.91M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 38% | 21,174 | 16,574 | $4.89M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 29% | 8,037 | 7,022 | $3.67M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 16% | 3,728 | 3,410 | $2.11M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 13% | 4,857 | 4,335 | $1.65M |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 3.3% | 1,020 | 979 | $429K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 86 | 82 | $62K |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | <1% | 657 | 609 | $16K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | <1% | 16 | 15 | $5K |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | 0% | 164 | 74 | $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 officialBLAIR, MICHAEL (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| ST. Cloud Hospital | Saint Cloud, MN | $53.43M |
| Centracare Clinic | St Cloud, MN | $20.93M |
| Centracare Clinic | St Cloud, MN | $19.28M |
| Carris Health LLC | Willmar, MN | $12.39M |
| Centracare Health Systems | Saint Cloud, MN | $9.41M |
| Centracare Health System | Saint Cloud, MN | $9.06M |
| Carris Health LLC | Willmar, MN | $8.27M |
| Centracare Clinic | Saint Cloud, MN | $6.96M |
| Centracare Health System - Long Prairie | Long Prairie, MN | $6.86M |
| Centracare Health System-Nr LLC | Monticello, MN | $6.73M |
| Centracare Clinic | Sartell, MN | $6.11M |
| ST. Cloud Hospital | Saint Cloud, MN | $5.16M |
| Carris Health - Redwood LLC | Redwood Falls, MN | $4.74M |
| ST. Cloud Hospital | St Cloud, MN | $4.44M |
| Centracare Health System - Sauk Centre | Sauk Centre, MN | $4.19M |
| Centracare Health System - Melrose | Melrose, MN | $4.05M |
| Centracare Clinic | Saint Cloud, MN | $3.58M |
| Centracare Clinic | Saint Cloud, MN | $2.83M |
| Carris Health, LLC | Willmar, MN | $2.82M |
| ST. Cloud Hospital | Sauk Rapids, MN | $2.53M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.