Transport
Big Bear Fire Authority
Big Bear Fire Authority was paid $644K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 78% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBIG BEAR FIRE AUTHORITY
BIG BEAR LAKE, CA 92314
BIG BEAR LAKE, CA 92314
33aNPI1497249213assigned 06/15/2018
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$644K
24GClaims5,244
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in California
Rank by total paid#121 of 177
Median peer was paid$1.79M
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 141 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 400 | $33K | |
| 2020 | 336 | $30K | |
| 2021 | 732 | $76K | |
| 2022 | 1,231 | $123K | |
| 2023 | 1,439 | $248K | |
| 2024incomplete | 965 | $124K |
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) | 78% | 2,088 | 1,850 | $500K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 19% | 3,027 | 2,553 | $119K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 3.8% | 117 | 111 | $24K |
| A0424 | Extra ambulance attendant, ground (als or bls) or air (fixed or rotary winged); (requires medical review) | <1% | 12 | 12 | $191.08 |
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 officialWILLIS, JEFFREY (FIRE CHIEF)