The Children's Mercy Hospital
The Children's Mercy Hospital was paid $13.40M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 26% of everything it billed.
KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Missouri
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 | 4,059 | $1.43M | |
| 2019 | 4,234 | $1.26M | |
| 2020 | 3,477 | $1.06M | |
| 2021 | 4,908 | $1.65M | |
| 2022 | 4,975 | $2.54M | |
| 2023 | 4,287 | $2.93M | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,298 | $2.54M |
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) | 26% | 10,241 | 9,826 | $3.52M |
| A0430 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) | 23% | 1,904 | 1,720 | $3.10M |
| A0435 | Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile | 18% | 1,920 | 1,723 | $2.37M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 15% | 12,179 | 11,458 | $2.02M |
| A0431 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) | 8.0% | 336 | 325 | $1.08M |
| A0436 | Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile | 5.2% | 307 | 294 | $695K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 3.2% | 1,836 | 1,710 | $425K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | 1.4% | 447 | 430 | $187K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 25 | 25 | $6K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | <1% | 43 | 41 | $4K |
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
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Kansas City, MO | $221.16M |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Kansas City, MO | $53.57M |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Riverside, MO | $28.27M |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Overland Park, KS | $22.32M |
| Children's Mercy-Community Choice Pediatrics | Lees Summit, MO | $8.95M |
| Children's Mercy-Cockerell and Mcintosh Pediatrics, INC | Blue Springs, MO | $6.34M |
| Children's Mercy-Preferred Pediatrics | Lees Summit, MO | $2.92M |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Riverside, MO | $2.34M |
| Children's Mercy - Peacock Pediatrics, INC | Saint Joseph, MO | $1.29M |
| Children's Mercy - Cass County Pediatrics & Adolescents | Belton, MO | $1.12M |
| Children's Mercy - Pediatric Partners, INC | Overland Park, KS | $459K |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Riverside, MO | $334K |
| Children's Mercy - Redwood Pediatrics | Kansas City, MO | $246K |
| Children's Mercy - Wildwood Pediatrics | Lees Summit, MO | $6K |
| The Childrens Mercy Hospital | Kansas City, MO | $4K |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | Kansas City, MO | $54.40 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.