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Southern Ambulance Service LTD
Southern Ambulance Service LTD was paid $291K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 45% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHERN AMBULANCE SERVICE LTD
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC 29841
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC 29841
33aNPI1740585595assigned 01/25/2011
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$291K
24GClaims4,796
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#24 of 55
Median peer was paid$212K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 980 | $64K | |
| 2019 | 1,240 | $48K | |
| 2020 | 1,067 | $71K | |
| 2021 | 898 | $77K | |
| 2022 | 493 | $29K | |
| 2023 | 118 | $1K |
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% | 1,148 | 944 | $130K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 36% | 688 | 593 | $104K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 19% | 2,703 | 2,093 | $55K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | <1% | 257 | 109 | $740.48 |
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 officialSTORY, CAREY (BILLING MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Cross EMS, INC. | Martinez, GA | $619K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.