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Cataldo Ambulance Service INC
Cataldo Ambulance Service INC was paid $66.68M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 52 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCATALDO AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
SOMERVILLE, MA 02143
SOMERVILLE, MA 02143
33aNPI1952386153assigned 12/09/2005
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$66.68M
24GClaims911,687
24DCodes billed52
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#1 of 138
Median peer was paid$557K
This provider vs. median120×
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 | 164,434 | $8.93M | |
| 2019 | 150,443 | $8.54M | |
| 2020 | 146,199 | $9.52M | |
| 2021 | 133,178 | $8.63M | |
| 2022 | 117,910 | $9.01M | |
| 2023 | 107,930 | $11.20M | |
| 2024incomplete | 91,593 | $10.85M |
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) | 50% | 177,120 | 145,299 | $33.21M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 21% | 76,622 | 69,078 | $14.05M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 12% | 83,202 | 48,508 | $8.31M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 7.6% | 339,735 | 240,808 | $5.04M |
| A0130 | Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van | 3.7% | 80,952 | 22,939 | $2.44M |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 1.5% | 47,266 | 28,928 | $975K |
| S0215 | Non-emergency transportation; mileage, per mile | 1.3% | 80,686 | 22,956 | $838K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 3,988 | 3,755 | $583K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | <1% | 823 | 764 | $377K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 1,000 | 964 | $285K |
| 0124A | <1% | 5,228 | 5,220 | $188K | |
| 0134A | <1% | 3,098 | 3,092 | $100K |
40 more codes
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | <1% | 465 | $78K |
| 0154A | <1% | 725 | $33K | |
| A0120 | Non-emergency transportation: mini-bus, mountain area transports, or other transportation systems | <1% | 367 | $30K |
| 0051A | <1% | 384 | $16K | |
| 0052A | <1% | 345 | $15K | |
| 0054A | <1% | 365 | $13K | |
| 0081A | <1% | 193 | $9K | |
| 0111A | <1% | 187 | $9K | |
| 0072A | <1% | 174 | $8K | |
| 0071A | <1% | 171 | $8K | |
| 0011A | <1% | 138 | $6K | |
| 0064A | <1% | 197 | $6K | |
| 0074A | <1% | 126 | $6K | |
| 0082A | <1% | 125 | $6K | |
| 0112A | <1% | 124 | $6K | |
| 0012A | <1% | 135 | $6K | |
| 90686 | <1% | 257 | $3K | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 161 | $3K |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | <1% | 259 | $2K |
| 90694 | <1% | 71 | $2K | |
| 90674 | <1% | 67 | $2K | |
| 0002A | <1% | 50 | $2K | |
| T2001 | Non-emergency transportation; patient attendant/escort | <1% | 102 | $1K |
| 0001A | <1% | 48 | $880.95 | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 43 | $853.40 |
| 0053A | <1% | 16 | $733.94 | |
| 0144A | <1% | 28 | $688.31 | |
| 0164A | <1% | 12 | $550.50 | |
| 0083A | <1% | 12 | $550.49 | |
| 0173A | <1% | 12 | $550.44 | |
| 91313 | 0% | 1,550 | $0.00 | |
| 91308 | 0% | 264 | $0.00 | |
| 91312 | 0% | 2,823 | $0.00 | |
| 91311 | 0% | 144 | $0.00 | |
| 91300 | 0% | 52 | $0.00 | |
| 91307 | 0% | 257 | $0.00 | |
| 91315 | 0% | 443 | $0.00 | |
| 91301 | 0% | 217 | $0.00 | |
| 91306 | 0% | 91 | $0.00 | |
| 91305 | 0% | 767 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCATALDO, DIANA (OWNER TREASURER)