Transport
West Metro Fire Protection District
West Metro Fire Protection District was paid $8.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 75% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWEST METRO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
LAKEWOOD, CO 80226
LAKEWOOD, CO 80226
33aNPI1649257007assigned 12/28/2005
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$8.60M
24GClaims102,664
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#6 of 98
Median peer was paid$202K
This provider vs. median43×
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 | 13,987 | $881K | |
| 2019 | 13,766 | $981K | |
| 2020 | 15,313 | $1.11M | |
| 2021 | 15,312 | $945K | |
| 2022 | 16,886 | $1.42M | |
| 2023 | 15,154 | $1.77M | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,246 | $1.49M |
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) | 75% | 39,616 | 32,299 | $6.47M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 19% | 11,483 | 9,661 | $1.59M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 5.9% | 51,039 | 40,839 | $508K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 113 | 90 | $19K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | <1% | 413 | 369 | $880.00 |
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 officialHEINL, TODD (EMS CHIEF)