Transport
City of Altoona
City of Altoona was paid $163K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 45% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF ALTOONA
ALTOONA, IA 50009
ALTOONA, IA 50009
33aNPI1548378664assigned 08/28/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$163K
24GClaims4,277
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#37 of 87
Median peer was paid$99K
This provider vs. median1.6×
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 | 437 | $11K | |
| 2019 | 425 | $12K | |
| 2020 | 457 | $17K | |
| 2021 | 772 | $38K | |
| 2022 | 853 | $34K | |
| 2023 | 745 | $28K | |
| 2024incomplete | 588 | $23K |
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) | 45% | 1,078 | 950 | $74K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 30% | 687 | 613 | $49K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 24% | 2,512 | 2,187 | $39K |
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 officialMCANDREW, SEAN (DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMS)