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Optum Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs API

The Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs API from Optum — 2 operation(s) for ambulance fee schedule apis.

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Operations 2

GET /api/cms/common/ambulance/medicare-localities Fetches medicare localities #

GET /api/cms/common/ambulance/ambulance-fee-schedule/{carrier}/{locality} Fetches Ambulance Fees #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Optum Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs API
  version: v1.0
  contact:
    name: Ken Kracker
    email: ken.kracker@optum.com
  description: 'Operations tagged Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: optum-cms-common-facility-openapi.yml, optum-cms-common-physician-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /v1/cmscommonms
tags:
- name: Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs
paths:
  /api/cms/common/ambulance/medicare-localities:
    get:
      tags:
      - Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs
      summary: Fetches medicare localities
      operationId: getMedicareCarrierLocalities
      parameters:
      - name: yyyy-MM-dd
        in: header
        description: Date for which historical data is required
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: yyyy-MM-dd
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Fetch medicare localities
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
              - carrier: '10112'
                locality: '00'
                state: Alabama
              - carrier: '02102'
                locality: '01'
                state: Alaska
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Notification'
              example:
                timestamp: '2023-07-14T06:37:03.741+00:00'
                status: 404
                error: Not Found
                message: Not Found
                path: /cmscommonms/api/cms/common/ambulance/medicare-localities1
        '500':
          description: Interal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                timestamp: '2023-07-13T06:36:22.518+00:00'
                path: /cmscommonms/api/cms/common/ambulance/medicare-localities
                status: 500
                error: Internal Server Error
                requestId: e36d239e-324
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: /v1/cmscommonms
  /api/cms/common/ambulance/ambulance-fee-schedule/{carrier}/{locality}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Ambulance Fee Schedule APIs
      summary: Fetches Ambulance Fees
      operationId: getAmbulanceFees
      parameters:
      - name: carrier
        in: path
        description: Carrier value
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 10112
      - name: locality
        in: path
        description: Locality value
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '00'
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: Any of these (code,-code) are allowed values, default is +code
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          default:
          - code
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 50
        example: 150
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 1
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: yyyy-MM-dd
        in: header
        description: Date for which historical data is required
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: yyyy-MM-dd
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Fetch ambulance fees
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                content:
                - code: A0425
                  codeDescription: Ground mileage, per statute mile
                  baseRateUrbanMiles: '8.71'
                  ruralBaseRateMileage: '8.80'
                  ruralBaseRateLowestQ: null
                  ruralBaseMiles117: '13.20'
                - code: A0426
                  codeDescription: Ambulance service, advanced life support, nonemergency transport, level 1 (ALS 1)
                  baseRateUrbanMiles: '297.26'
                  ruralBaseRateMileage: '300.18'
                  ruralBaseRateLowestQ: '368.02'
                  ruralBaseMiles117: null
                totalCount: 2
        '400':
          description: 'Bad request: Some parameters were invalid'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Notification'
              example:
                error:
                - Not a valid medicareLocality
                warning: null
                info: null
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                timestamp: '2023-07-13T06:36:22.518+00:00'
                path: /cmscommonms/api/cms/common/ambulance/ambulance-fee-schedule/10112/00
                status: 500
                error: Internal Server Error
                requestId: e36d239e-324
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: /v1/cmscommonms
components:
  schemas:
    Notification:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        warning:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        info:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-refined-from:
- optum-cms-common-facility-openapi.yml
- optum-cms-common-physician-openapi.yml
x-readme:
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true