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Sierra Medical Services Alliance
Sierra Medical Services Alliance was paid $1.63M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 66% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSIERRA MEDICAL SERVICES ALLIANCE
SUSANVILLE, CA 96130
SUSANVILLE, CA 96130
33aNPI1518911403assigned 05/22/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$1.63M
24GClaims14,311
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in California
Rank by total paid#49 of 96
Median peer was paid$1.63M
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 | 1,078 | $162K | |
| 2019 | 1,575 | $244K | |
| 2020 | 2,202 | $266K | |
| 2021 | 2,677 | $278K | |
| 2022 | 2,612 | $271K | |
| 2023 | 2,360 | $237K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,807 | $173K |
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) | 66% | 5,257 | 4,568 | $1.08M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 24% | 7,175 | 5,656 | $399K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 6.8% | 604 | 565 | $110K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | <1% | 234 | 202 | $14K |
| 93041 | <1% | 824 | 774 | $13K | |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 190 | 186 | $13K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 27 | 24 | $376.59 |
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 officialHONEYCUTT, RUSSELL (BILLING MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Riggs Ambulance Service | Merced, CA | $14.03M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.