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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!

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4 Responses to “Pro Med”

  1. L Hoffman on September 30th, 2008

    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.

  2. L. Wasserman on April 24th, 2009

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

  3. Eric Byers on March 12th, 2010

    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

  4. Jonathan on July 1st, 2010

    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.




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