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NPI 1538685300 · Ketchikan, AK · Air Ambulance
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Guardian Flight LLC is a air ambulance provider located in Ketchikan, Alaska. This profile covers 2 Medicare and 2 Medicaid CPT/HCPCS procedure codes, with claims volume, average reimbursement, and total revenue by code, benchmarked against other providers billing the same services.
Provider details (source: NPPES NPI Registry)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Entity Type | Organization |
| Organization | Guardian Flight LLC |
| Address | 120 Carlanna Lake Rd Ste 104 |
| City | Ketchikan |
| State | AK |
| ZIP | 99901 |
| Taxonomy | Air Ambulance |
| NPI Enumerated | August 14, 2017 |
Lifetime revenue by payer source (source: CMS Medicare & Medicaid claims data)
| Payer Source | Total Paid |
|---|---|
| Medicare | $610.4K |
| Medicaid | $539.1K |
GUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC operates as a fixed‑wing air ambulance provider (taxonomy: Air Ambulance) and its Medicare and Medicaid billing is dominated by long‑distance transport codes. The top Medicare revenue drivers are A0435 (Fixed wing air mileage) and A0430 (conventional fixed wing transport), and the same two codes also drive Medicaid revenue, indicating the operation is focused on fixed‑wing patient transports rather than rotary‑wing or ground ambulance mixes.
Revenue concentration is extremely high: the top 3 Medicare codes account for 100.0% of this provider's total Medicare revenue, with A0435 contributing 62.8% and A0430 contributing 37.2% of Medicare revenue. Likewise, the top 3 Medicaid codes account for 100.0% of Medicaid revenue, with A0435 at 68.6% and A0430 at 31.4%, showing near‑exclusive dependence on these two air‑transport services for payer revenue.
Overall payer mix is relatively balanced in scale: lifetime Medicare revenue is $610.4K while lifetime Medicaid revenue is $539.1K, so the provider draws sizable business from both public payers rather than being effectively single‑payer. The similar magnitude of these totals suggests operations and contracts that serve both Medicare and Medicaid populations in the region.
Medicare billing volume for A0435 is large in claim count (31.9K claims) but low on average paid per claim ($12 avg paid/claim) while A0430 shows only 51 Medicare claims at a high per‑claim payment ($4450 avg paid/claim). This contrast indicates Medicare revenue is split between high‑frequency mileage line items and much less frequent, high‑value one‑way fixed‑wing transports.
Medicaid billing shows a different profile: A0435 has 105 claims with $3522 avg paid/claim generating $369.8K, and A0430 has 106 claims with $1597 avg paid/claim generating $169.3K. Medicaid achieves comparable total dollars with far fewer claims than Medicare, reflecting substantive payer reimbursement differences for the same codes and a Medicaid case mix that yields higher average payments per claim for these transports.
Competitive standing differs by payer and code. For Medicare A0435 the provider ranks #18 of 92 nationally (81th percentile), indicating a relatively strong national position on mileage billing even as the data characterizes the volume as "typical, unremarkable"; by contrast Medicare A0430 ranks #62 of 92 (32th percentile), a more modest national position. For Medicaid both A0435 and A0430 rank #10 of 12 in‑state (18th percentile), which places the provider as a modest participant among in‑state air ambulance suppliers for these codes.
Tenure in public billing registries is established but not long‑standing: the NPI was enumerated on 2017-08-14 (~9 years ago), indicating roughly a decade of presence that is consistent with an established regional fixed‑wing transport operator rather than a very recent entrant.
Medicare revenue breakdown by CPT/HCPCS procedure code.
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How this provider's Medicare billing volume and revenue compare to other providers nationally and within its state, across 2 CPT/HCPCS codes.
Medicaid revenue breakdown by year and by CPT/HCPCS procedure code, including monthly billing trends and the top codes driving revenue.
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Every CPT/HCPCS code this provider has billed to Medicaid, with claims volume, average payment, and total revenue.
How this provider's Medicaid billing volume and revenue compare to other Alaska providers billing the same CPT/HCPCS codes.
Full comparison — all codes billed, vs. Alaska median
Other providers in the same ZIP code as Guardian Flight LLC, ranked by combined Medicare and Medicaid revenue.
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