Ambulance
Transportation Services › Ambulance
About this specialty
An emergency vehicle used for transporting patients to a health care facility after injury or illness. Types of ambulances used in the United States include ground (surface) ambulance, rotor-wing (helicopter), and fixed-wing aircraft (airplane).
Source: Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 37.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| BREWSTER AMBULANCE SERVICE INC. | WEYMOUTH, MA | $26,703,184 |
| MIDWEST MEDICAL TRANSPORT COMPANY LLC | COLUMBUS, NE | $24,473,655 |
| ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE OF TEXAS LLC | BEAUMONT, TX | $18,485,880 |
| CITY OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $18,455,528 |
| VIKING ENTERPRISES INC. | SPRING, TX | $14,411,140 |
| EMPRESS AMBULANCE SERVICE LLC | YONKERS, NY | $13,401,145 |
| FALCK NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CORP. | HAYWARD, CA | $12,555,882 |
| CITY OF CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $12,414,230 |
| AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE OF CONNECTICUT INCORPORATED | NEW HAVEN, CT | $12,129,505 |
| MEDSTAR, INC. | CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI | $12,033,370 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.