Transport
City of Blue Island
City of Blue Island was paid $3.72M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 93% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF BLUE ISLAND
BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406
BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406
33aNPI1730243569assigned 12/19/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$3.72M
24GClaims11,721
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#80 of 289
Median peer was paid$1.16M
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 Concentration93% of spending on code A0429 with only 3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,609 | $90K | |
| 2019 | 1,903 | $139K | |
| 2020 | 1,644 | $213K | |
| 2021 | 1,745 | $815K | |
| 2022 | 1,701 | $1.09M | |
| 2023 | 1,708 | $747K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,411 | $626K |
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) | 93% | 5,421 | 4,613 | $3.45M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 4.4% | 468 | 444 | $166K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 2.9% | 5,832 | 5,001 | $107K |
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 officialHAYWOOD, DAVID (FIRE CHIEF)