Medina raises ambulance rates by 2 percent
MEDINA – The Village Board on Monday evening approved a 2 percent increase in most of the ambulance rates.
That follows a 2 percent increase a year ago when the rates were upped for the first time in two years. The new rates are effective March 1.
Fire Chief Matt Jackson said the rates are in the middle of the pack among ambulance providers.
The new rates include:
- Treat and release (MVA signoffs) – from $336.60 to $343.33
- ALS treat & release – from $448.80 to $457.77
- BLS non-emergency – from $645.91 to $658.82
- BLS emergency – from $870.76 to $888.17
- ALS non-emergency – from $904.77 to $922.86
- ALS emergency – from $1,169.99 to $1,193.38
- ALSS 2 – from $1,371.99 to $1,399.42
- Paramedic intercept – $990.70 to $1,010.51
- Specialty care transport – $1,301.38 to $1,327.40
These rates are unchanged:
- Mileage at $35
- Bariatric surcharge at $850
- Out-of-district surcharge at $75
