Transport
Desert Trans LLC
Desert Trans LLC was paid $8.53M by Medicaid between Feb 2021 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0100, non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointment — 95% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT TRANS LLC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102
33aNPI1609438027assigned 07/05/2019
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$8.53M
24GClaims43,428
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#7 of 32
Median peer was paid$1.73M
This provider vs. median4.9×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Single-Code Concentration95% of spending on code A0100 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,418 | $478K | |
| 2022 | 10,421 | $1.91M | |
| 2023 | 12,467 | $2.46M | |
| 2024incomplete | 18,122 | $3.69M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0100 | Non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointmentNon-emergency transportation; taxi | 95% | 38,099 | 1,841 | $8.15M |
| T2001 | Non-emergency transportation; patient attendant/escort | 4.5% | 5,329 | 489 | $385K |
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 officialGELLE, ABDIWALI (OWNER)