Rural-Metro of California INC
Rural-Metro of California INC was paid $30.72M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 84% of everything it billed.
SAN JOSE, CA 95112
Next to other Ambulance providers in California
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 75,176 | $2.96M | |
| 2019 | 70,587 | $4.44M | |
| 2020 | 61,889 | $4.11M | |
| 2021 | 86,359 | $4.21M | |
| 2022 | 118,534 | $4.97M | |
| 2023 | 120,870 | $4.63M | |
| 2024incomplete | 96,275 | $5.41M |
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) | 84% | 170,269 | 131,602 | $25.78M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 7.7% | 14,320 | 12,979 | $2.36M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 7.1% | 183,658 | 140,787 | $2.17M |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 1,372 | 1,192 | $224K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 26,712 | 22,776 | $181K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | <1% | 221,180 | 40,357 | $5K |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | <1% | 1,183 | 1,048 | $3K |
| S0119 | Ondansetron, oral, 4 mg (for circumstances falling under the medicare statute, use hcpcs q code) | <1% | 3,118 | 2,499 | $877.93 |
| J7040 | Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml = 1 unit) | <1% | 5,436 | 3,199 | $857.53 |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | <1% | 252 | 240 | $239.37 |
| J2270 | Injection, morphine sulfate, up to 10 mg | <1% | 727 | 418 | $227.48 |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | <1% | 1,042 | 640 | $3.29 |
5 more codes
| J7609 | Albuterol, inhalation solution, compounded product, administered through dme, unit dose, 1 mg | 0% | 334 | $0.00 |
| A0396 | Als specialized service disposable supplies; esophageal intubation | 0% | 17 | $0.00 |
| J7042 | 5% dextrose/normal saline (500 ml = 1 unit) | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 45 | $0.00 |
| 33206 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.