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United Med Care Ambulance
United Med Care Ambulance was paid $745K by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Aug 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 80% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUNITED MED CARE AMBULANCE
LAREDO, TX 78040
LAREDO, TX 78040
33aNPI1518451749assigned 06/20/2018
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$745K
24GClaims30,996
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#74 of 288
Median peer was paid$215K
This provider vs. median3.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5,907 | $122K | |
| 2021 | 8,596 | $208K | |
| 2022 | 5,400 | $138K | |
| 2023 | 7,752 | $182K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,341 | $93K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 80% | 15,395 | 1,798 | $595K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 20% | 15,601 | 1,919 | $149K |
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 officialVARGAS, JORGE (OWNER/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Caribe Pharmacy Management LLC | San Juan, PR | $6K |
| Caribe Pharmacy Management LLC | Lajas, PR | $520.08 |
| Caribe Pharmacy Management LLC | Mayaguez, PR | $520.07 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.