Transport
City of Tacoma
City of Tacoma was paid $79.79M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 94% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF TACOMA
TACOMA, WA 98402
TACOMA, WA 98402
33aNPI1477645414assigned 09/28/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$79.79M
24GClaims123,430
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#1 of 142
Median peer was paid$676K
This provider vs. median118×
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 | 6,457 | $3.36M | |
| 2019 | 8,550 | $7.14M | |
| 2020 | 9,002 | $5.41M | |
| 2021 | 13,877 | $12.55M | |
| 2022 | 20,222 | $20.17M | |
| 2023 | 35,825 | $17.17M | |
| 2024incomplete | 29,497 | $13.98M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 94% | 28,794 | 24,741 | $75.13M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 2.6% | 20,706 | 18,820 | $2.05M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 2.2% | 24,526 | 20,900 | $1.78M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | <1% | 45,608 | 39,119 | $593K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | <1% | 2,230 | 1,936 | $229K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 89 | 83 | $9K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | 0% | 104 | 92 | $0.00 |
| A9279 | Monitoring feature/device, stand-alone or integrated, any type, includes all accessories, components and electronics, not otherwise classified | 0% | 168 | 126 | $0.00 |
| J2310 | Injection, naloxone hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 16 | 16 | $0.00 |
| J0171 | Injection, adrenalin, epinephrine, 0.1 mg | 0% | 13 | 13 | $0.00 |
| A4556 | Electrodes, (e.g., apnea monitor), per pair | 0% | 215 | 163 | $0.00 |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | 0% | 131 | 90 | $0.00 |
4 more codes
| J7644 | Ipratropium bromide, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose form, per milligram | 0% | 25 | $0.00 |
| A4772 | Blood glucose test strips, for dialysis, per 50 | 0% | 270 | $0.00 |
| A0394 | Als specialized service disposable supplies; iv drug therapy | 0% | 506 | $0.00 |
| J7613 | Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose, 1 mg | 0% | 29 | $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 officialGREEN, TERESA (FIRE DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Parent organizationCITY OF TACOMA
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flowood Pain Center, LLC | Flowood, MS | $1.26M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.