Maximum service rates.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.08.190
in effect6.08.190 - Maximum service rates.
(A) A franchisee may charge no more than the maximum ambulance service rates plus loaded mileage rates established in this Section for the following regulated levels of service:
(1) Emergency response ALS1, including medical supplies and services: One thousand three hundred twelve dollars and thirty-four cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher;
(2) Emergency response ALS2, including medical supplies and services: One thousand four hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher;
(3) Emergency response BLS, including medical supplies and services: One thousand two hundred forty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher;
(4) Nonemergency response ALS1, including medical supplies and services: One thousand one hundred seventy dollars and twenty-one cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher;
(5) Nonemergency response BLS, including medical supplies and services: One thousand one hundred seventeen dollars and zero cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher;
(6) Critical care transport, including medical supplies and services: One thousand five hundred fifty-nine dollars and three cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher; and
(7) Loaded mileage: Thirty-seven dollars and twelve cents or the maximum allowed by applicable Federal law, whichever is higher.
(B) Ambulance service rate charges specified in Subsection (A) of this Section are subject to the following:
(1) When there are transports involving two or more patients in the same ambulance, the mileage charge shall be equally divided between the patients;
(2) A franchisee shall not charge for wait time as a result of or in proximity to any transport;
(3) A franchisee may discount an ambulance service rate to the degree allowed by Federal, state and local laws from the maximum ambulance service rates, provided that:
(a) No cost shifting shall occur, and
(b) The same discounted rate shall be charged to all patients or third-party payers;
(4) A franchisee shall not capitate any rate nor charge a uniform average per capita rate for any group or category of persons to whom it provides service; and
(5) An ALS assessment does not necessarily result in a determination that the patient requires an ALS level of service.
(C) Ambulance service rates described in this Section shall be increased as follows:
(1) The rates shall be adjusted annually on February 1 by the API, determined with reference to the most recent twelve-month period ending on the preceding December 31 as compared with the prior twelve-month period ending on December 31. The API for a particular period is subject to the lower and upper limits described in the definition of "API." When the API reflects the CPI-MCS because the latter is between the lower and upper limits, the API shall be rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
(2) When an unforeseen economic circumstance has occurred during a twelve-month period for which the API is being calculated pursuant to Subsection (C)(1) of this Section, the City Council may approve a method for adjusting rates which is not based on the CPI-MCS or the API. In any year following a period when the adjustment to rates was based on some other method, rate adjustments shall again be based on the API for that year.
(D) Annually on the first City business day of February, the Franchise Officer shall cause the creation of a written record of the rates as adjusted pursuant to Subsection (C) of this Section and file such record with the City Clerk for public inspection.
(Ord. No. 6901, § 11, 5-7-25; Ord. No. 6762, § 8, 12-16-20; Ord. No. 6432, § 11, 7-1-15; Ord. 5800 § 10, 2005: Ord. 5583 § 5, 2003: Ord. 5260 § 20, 2000)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT6BUTALIRE_CH6.08AM_ARTIAMSE_6.08.190MASERAFetched: 10/28/2026