Transport
City of Torrance
City of Torrance was paid $2.15M by Medicaid between Apr 2021 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 58% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF TORRANCE
TORRANCE, CA 90501
TORRANCE, CA 90501
33aNPI1629251632assigned 12/12/2007
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$2.15M
24GClaims12,224
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthApr 2021 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in California
Rank by total paid#43 of 96
Median peer was paid$1.63M
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,312 | $252K | |
| 2022 | 3,204 | $340K | |
| 2023 | 3,875 | $1.19M | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,833 | $373K |
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) | 58% | 3,478 | 3,044 | $1.24M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 40% | 2,409 | 2,248 | $864K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 2.2% | 6,337 | 5,540 | $46K |
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 officialPOISSON, SHEILA (FINANCE DIRECTOR)