Washington State Ground Ambulance Locally Set and Contracted Rates

WA Ground Ambulance Locally Set Rates provides the established and contracted rates for local governmental ground ambulance service organizations in Washington. The dataset is collected and posted by the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner as required by RCW 48.49.205. It includes columns for service providers, effective dates, and specific billing codes for different levels of ambulance service.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional price variation for ambulance services using Service ZIPs, Service Counties, and rate codes like A0425 (Mileage).
• Track rate changes over time for specific providers using GASO Name, Effective Date, and Recorded Date.
• Identify contracted versus standard rate structures by filtering on Rate Type and Contracted Ambulance Provider Name.
• Compare pricing for different service levels (e.g., BLS vs. ALS) using columns A0428 (BLS-NE), A0429 (BLS-E), A0426 (ALS1-NE), A0427 (ALS1-E), and A0433 (ALS2).

Strengths

• Includes specific billing codes for different ambulance service levels (e.g., A0425, A0433, A0428).
• Contains provider identifiers (GASO NPI, Contracted Ambulance Provider NPI) for entity matching.
• Data is collected and published under a state legal mandate (RCW 48.49.205).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner via data.wa.gov.

Collection Method

Collected from local governmental ground ambulance service organizations as required by state law.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-27 22:25:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, United States, as indicated by Service ZIPs and Service Counties columns.