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South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services
South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services was paid $889K by Medicaid between Oct 2019 and Sep 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTH LAKE HOUSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
HOUSTON, TX 77049
HOUSTON, TX 77049
33aNPI1881662344assigned 03/10/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$889K
24GClaims10,317
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthOct 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#45 of 184
Median peer was paid$197K
This provider vs. median4.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 575 | $48K | |
| 2021 | 2,056 | $183K | |
| 2022 | 2,839 | $222K | |
| 2023 | 3,389 | $311K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,414 | $123K |
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) | 53% | 2,225 | 1,907 | $468K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 23% | 1,072 | 992 | $206K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 20% | 3,689 | 3,200 | $177K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | 3.3% | 2,550 | 2,256 | $29K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 1.1% | 723 | 584 | $9K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 58 | 51 | $636.54 |
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 officialLAAKE, KAREN (AUTHORIZED AGENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| North Channel Emergency Medical Services Association | Houston, TX | $252K |
| City of Luling | Luling, TX | $194K |
| Rosehill Fire Department | Tomball, TX | $11K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.