Pro Med

About three weeks ago, we needed an ambulance due to an emergency. We called 911 and a few minutes later, the fire department arrived. By the time the ambulance from Pro Med showed up, bandages had been applied and everything stabilized.

Note: I usually see Pro Med waiting at the local park for calls, unfortunately, they were out on another call that day.

Everyone did a great job handling the situation, but today I was blown away when I received the bill.

Pro Med, which really just shuttled us from one location to another (no lights, etc) sent us a bill for $772 for the visit. The insurance paid everything except $50 – still, that is a lot of cash for a ride! *I’m glad the service is available none the less!

Here is the bill:

ALS1 Emergency, ALS Perfprmance $620

ALS Mileage (8 Miles) $19 per mile for a total of $152

Total bill: $772

Pro Med is a great service, but it’s not cheap – I’m glad I have insurance!

4 Comments

  1. Jonathan says:

    When our baby had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, the cost here in California was about double that. Kudos to the fire department, who arrived within 3 minutes of when we made the 911 call.

  2. Eric Byers says:

    Greetings, I’m not sure who to direct this question to so I’ll start here. In the near future I hope to start building a 1/24th scale resin Ambulance kit. The markings on this kit would be nothing close to resembling the Pro-Med Ambulances your company uses. I would like to use the Pro-Med name on it however. To whom do I seek permission to do so and what if any cost would be involved? I would greatly appreciate any help you could render. Many Thanks, Eric

  3. L. Wasserman says:

    President is: Thomas Schmideknect
    Thomas Schmideknect ………………medical terrorist at $19 per mile?

  4. L Hoffman says:

    Don’t you think they have a monopoly here?

    Professional Med Team Inc (Pro-Med)
    965 Fork St
    Muskegon, MI 49442-3257
    (231) 720-1804
    Website: promed.org

    Also Does Business As:Pro-Med; Procare
    Line of Business:Ambulance Service

    Company Profile: Professional Med Team Inc
    Year Started:1986
    State of Incorporation:MI
    SIC #Code:4119
    Est. Annual Sales:$7,300,000
    Est. Employees:95
    Est. Employees at Location:45

    From page 5 of Pro-Med Form 990 (2006) it is concluded that:
    President is: Thomas Schmideknect making $106,428.00 per year
    VP is :Marlene Tejchma and pulls in $98,061 per year.

    The five next highest paid employees can be found on page 10 of the the same form above.

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