Transport
City of Grand Junction
City of Grand Junction was paid $5.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF GRAND JUNCTION
GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501
GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501
33aNPI1487631164assigned 12/23/2005
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$5.29M
24GClaims80,097
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#10 of 98
Median peer was paid$202K
This provider vs. median26×
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 | 13,923 | $415K | |
| 2019 | 10,991 | $552K | |
| 2020 | 14,555 | $978K | |
| 2021 | 12,169 | $613K | |
| 2022 | 8,226 | $570K | |
| 2023 | 10,744 | $1.17M | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,489 | $992K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 56% | 21,092 | 14,016 | $2.96M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 36% | 16,353 | 10,282 | $1.92M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 6.0% | 40,346 | 24,017 | $318K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 1.8% | 2,306 | 1,393 | $94K |
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 officialWATKINS, KENNETH (FIRE CHIEF)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| City of Grand Junction | Grand Junction, CO | $608K |
| Kenneth D Watkins MD | Winchester, IN | $518K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.