Transport
Med Star Paramedic INC
Med Star Paramedic INC was paid $545K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMED STAR PARAMEDIC INC
BRANDON, SD 57005
BRANDON, SD 57005
33aNPI1548334246assigned 11/17/2006
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$545K
24GClaims5,032
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in South Dakota
Rank by total paid#3 of 14
Median peer was paid$216K
This provider vs. median2.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,176 | $135K | |
| 2019 | 930 | $109K | |
| 2020 | 388 | $44K | |
| 2021 | 1,081 | $104K | |
| 2022 | 858 | $85K | |
| 2023 | 327 | $29K | |
| 2024incomplete | 272 | $38K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 48% | 1,633 | 1,478 | $261K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 39% | 2,783 | 2,421 | $212K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 12% | 488 | 429 | $67K |
| A0380 | Bls mileage (per mile) | <1% | 115 | 109 | $3K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | <1% | 13 | 13 | $1K |
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 officialZIMMERMAN, JUDITH (BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER)