She had a 5000 deductible and a 30 70 co insurance clause.
Air ambulance fees.
The association of air medical services estimates that more than 550 000 patients in the u s.
The average air ambulance trip is 52 miles and costs between 12 000.
Air ambulance services fixed wing and rotary and ground and air mileage have no rvus.
National air ambulance charges about 37 400 for a flight from new york to california staffed by a nurse and paramedic.
Once the air ambulance services were approved she did not receive the full 29 000 of expenses for the air ambulance she received 29 000 less her 5000 deductible less the 30 co insurance 7 200 for a total reimbursement of 16 800.
The fee schedule is effective for claims with dates of service on or after april 1 2002 and it applies to all ambulance services including volunteer municipal private independent and institutional providers i e hospitals critical access hospitals except when it is the only ambulance service within 35 miles and skilled nursing.
However using air ambulances is expensive and might not be covered by the patient s health insurance policy.
Air ambulance 1 charges about 25 000 for a flight on a light jet staffed by paramedics from kansas city to los angeles.
The air ambulance cost 29 000.
2020 ambulance fee schedule.
How much does an air ambulance flight cost.