A0428 is the HCPCS code for: Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls). In 2024, 2,683 providers billed A0428 2.9M times, an estimated $599.9M paid by Medicare.
On the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, A0428 is priced outside the physician fee schedule. There is no single national dollar rate to quote, and anyone showing you $0.00 for it is misreading the file.
What Medicare actually paid per service in 2024, on average: $207.02 (observed payment across all settings and modifiers, not a fee-schedule rate).
The top 5 billers nationally, ranked by 2024 Medicare service volume.
| # | Provider | Specialty | Location | Services | Est. Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midwest Medical Transport Company LLC | Ambulance Service Provider | Columbus, NE | 52,472 | $11.0M |
| 2 | Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | Elmhurst, IL | 50,613 | $11.2M |
| 3 | Brewster Ambulance Service Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | Weymouth, MA | 47,878 | $11.2M |
| 4 | Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas LLC | Ambulance Service Provider | Beaumont, TX | 35,323 | $7.2M |
| 5 | Allmed Transportation Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | East Brunswick, NJ | 29,655 | $5.7M |
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