Orange County EMS Policy/Procedures
* #714.00
MAXIMUM EMERGENCY GROUND AMBULANCE RATES
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I. AUTHORITY:
Orange County Board of Supervisors, Resolution No. 22-163, Item No. 34
MAXIMUM EMERGENCY GROUND AMBULANCE RATES
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024
The following is a list of maximum allowable emergency ambulance service rates to be charged an emergency patient by a licensee. These rates were approved by the County of Orange Board of Supervisors.
TYPE OF CHARGE BASIS FOR CHARGE RATE
Applicable for urgent or Code 3 responses at the
Emergency BLS Base Rate1,2 $ 2,238.88
request of a public safety employee
Applicable for urgent or Code 3 responses at the $ 2,712.19 Emergency ALS Base Rate1,2 request of a public safety employee Mileage Per patient mile or fraction thereof $ 23.28
Standby Per 30 minutes after the first 30 minutes and any $ 157.63 fraction thereof
1 BLS & ALS Base Rates apply in Orange County Fire Authority Jurisdictional Area (except for Buena Park, San Clemente and Westminster) 2 Oxygen & medical supplies included in base rates
Approved:
Tammi McConnell RN, MSN
OCEMS Director
Original Date: 07/01/1989
Reviewed Date: 12/27/2022; 06/28/2023, 04/22/2024
Effective Date: 07/01/2024
OCEMS Policy #714.00 Effective July 1, 2024