HCPCS A0427

Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) (CMS descriptor)

Other services Work RVU per service none (2021 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

6,963
96th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$1.43B
100th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
4.0M
98th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
177
91st percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
2,157
93rd percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
-1.7%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2020; billers +0.2% · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$1.00B2020: $1.46B paid20202021: $1.43B paid20212022: $1.44B paid20222023: $1.51B paid20232024: $1.52B paid2024$1.52B$0$1.00B2020: $1.46B paid20202021: $1.43B paid20212022: $1.44B paid20222023: $1.51B paid20232024: $1.52B paid2024$1.52B$0$1.00B2020: $1.46B paid20202021: $1.43B paid20212022: $1.44B paid20222023: $1.51B paid20232024: $1.52B paid2024$1.52B$0$1.00B2020: $1.46B paid20202021: $1.43B paid20212022: $1.44B paid20222023: $1.51B paid20232024: $1.52B paid2024$1.52B

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

Billers

05,0002020: 6,952 providers20202021: 6,963 providers20212022: 6,882 providers20222023: 6,841 providers20232024: 6,857 providers20246,85705,0002020: 6,952 providers20202021: 6,963 providers20212022: 6,882 providers20222023: 6,841 providers20232024: 6,857 providers20246,85705,0002020: 6,952 providers20202021: 6,963 providers20212022: 6,882 providers20222023: 6,841 providers20232024: 6,857 providers20246,85705,0002020: 6,952 providers20202021: 6,963 providers20212022: 6,882 providers20222023: 6,841 providers20232024: 6,857 providers20246,857

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated reported
20246,857$1,522,290,381+1%3,690,9071671,9680.00
20236,841$1,511,990,754+5%3,770,1331702,0040.00
20226,882$1,444,134,304+1%3,909,8571732,0240.00
20216,963$1,433,341,736-2%4,032,6921772,1570.00
20206,952$1,458,570,191first year in data4,146,2631792,2110.00

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
California212$172,832,401437,92352510,065
Florida153$120,323,108345,7866509,642
Texas440$109,395,281308,8311992,714
Illinois453$74,142,106208,4292261,380
North Carolina156$58,386,660172,3024554,088
Pennsylvania499$52,699,154150,0521281,024
Ohio728$52,309,556156,221104706
New York362$51,523,754138,5201141,401
Massachusetts261$50,573,021132,6992661,330
Michigan208$47,434,253137,4952172,797
Georgia149$42,106,706124,9602604,183
Virginia208$36,438,84499,6481542,064
Tennessee99$36,006,257109,5484825,818
Arizona95$30,767,12584,6872123,736
Maryland106$28,920,02475,5841762,561

Not listed: 6 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2021.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN261$49,510,033135,955293
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA47$38,986,92597,810527
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH149$28,508,21773,608242
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX84$27,423,83278,100310
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ82$26,421,24764,473155
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA36$24,386,83970,595740
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA23$23,876,73054,711668
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL43$23,121,85964,344681
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL11$21,975,85664,2163,391
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV36$20,260,45651,565413
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI73$19,619,67855,767303
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX80$17,437,98948,774190
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD93$16,574,18544,144256
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ23$16,549,77848,1331,231
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD39$16,103,75342,349228

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 66 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing A0427 nationally

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated

Not listed: 2 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2021.

Top billers of A0427 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations