SAN ANGELO, TX — A driver of a Black SUV was westbound on 15th Street and pulled out in front of a southbound silver Hyundai on Martin Luther King Blvd.
One of the occupants was rushed to Shannon Medical Center via ambulance.
Police said the driver of the black SUV did not yield to the Hyundai and was issued a traffic citation.
For FY 2019, the City of San Angelo budgeted for 14,500 ambulance runs. Ambulance and firefighter service accounts for $3,650,000 in annual revenue for the City of San Angelo. A firefighter unit (in this case, Ladder 1) usually accompanies an ambulance to a crash scene.
Based upon the City’s 2019 budget, every ambulance run makes the City just $251.72 in revenue. That is not what the City charges for an ambulance ride, however. The fees were just revised upward, effective this month. A City of San Angelo ambulance run can be billed between $1,025 to $1,760 per run plus $14 per mile. The difference in price depends on if the EMT inside the ambulance is administering treatment or life support. (Source).
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$1072? Then $14 a mile that’s insane for both numbers no reason but greed for that No way it cost that much $500 and $7 a mile is crazy sounds like Shannon ER rates 1,000 an hour for nothing but sit and wait BS
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PermalinkAnd this is why I take someone to the hospital myself unless it's inconvenient or an emergency. If it's an emergency, then depending on how bad it is, I may take them anyway. It takes an ambulance over 15 minutes to get to my house (had to call one for the wife) and could hear the siren when they left the fire station.
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