Transport
City of Des Moines Iowa
City of Des Moines Iowa was paid $47.20M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 91% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF DES MOINES IOWA
DES MOINES, IA 50309
DES MOINES, IA 50309
33aNPI1972656841assigned 01/22/2007
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$47.20M
24GClaims147,669
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#1 of 87
Median peer was paid$99K
This provider vs. median476×
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 | 19,448 | $540K | |
| 2019 | 26,085 | $3.57M | |
| 2020 | 21,213 | $6.60M | |
| 2021 | 21,632 | $9.89M | |
| 2022 | 21,365 | $9.61M | |
| 2023 | 20,540 | $9.63M | |
| 2024incomplete | 17,386 | $7.36M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 91% | 34,619 | 24,651 | $42.92M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 4.3% | 28,762 | 21,284 | $2.05M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 3.9% | 24,927 | 19,889 | $1.85M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | <1% | 53,516 | 39,148 | $277K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | <1% | 3,043 | 2,478 | $95K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 51 | 36 | $8K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | <1% | 1,333 | 1,168 | $2K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 348 | 313 | $2K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | <1% | 918 | 780 | $1K |
| A0424 | Extra ambulance attendant, ground (als or bls) or air (fixed or rotary winged); (requires medical review) | <1% | 152 | 137 | $794.84 |
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 officialSCHAUL, NICKOLAS (FINANCE DIRECTOR)