These medical flights, no matter their importance, can be out of reach and cost prohibitive. However, there are organizations that specialize in providing this high level of medical air transportation via a charitable means. They provide high quality medical flights as a mission and might be the best option for patients located far away from the high quality medical care that they need.
Within the U.S., we travel to hundreds of airports more than are used by commercial carriers. Chances are that there is an airport within minutes of your location and destination for patient transportation transport.
As you might expect, the cost of medical transportation is fairly expensive. We are committed to providing you the lowest price possible for transportation planes without compromising patient care.
Many insurance plans, HMO's, PPO's and IPO's cover broker ambulances. It is important to check your plan to see that there is an air ambulance benefit and what the criteria is. Most plans require that medical necessity is met. This means that a physician must certify that the transportation by air ambulance is indicated and that transportation by other means may endanger the patient. Some plans require that the transport is a life threatening emergency or that the destination is the closest appropriate facility. In addition, be sure to check if there is a maximum benefit and what the benefit level is ( for example a 80% benefit level means the family must pay 20% of the charges ).
Over the years, Emergency Air Ambulance has received many letters from families whose expressions of gratitude for air ambulance service care have touched our staff. You may find those letters in our testimonial section. Our hope is that you may also feel our dedication to our patients:
We coordinate ground support, such as limousine service, at both origin and destination of the flights to ensure smooth and comfortable travel for our patient escort charter passengers.
We will transfer your patient with utmost care. Recognizing the significant cost of air charter ambulances, we will provide you with several cost-effective options.Working with the case manager and the patient's family, we can suggest several medically appropriate transport alternatives of varying price ranges, all which ensure the highest standard of medical care.
While our jets are the fastest form of life flight helicopters service available, our turboprops and twin engine aircraft are also fully medically equipped and can save thousands of dollars.