Each person receiving ambulance or life support services, or both, from the village shall pay the village fees therefor in accordance with the provisions of this section.
A. Definitions: For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:
ALS REFUSAL: A person who has received or accepted advanced life support (ALS) services from ambulance personnel (EMT-Bs and/or paramedics), but has refused transportation by ambulance to a hospital.
NONRESIDENT: A person who is not domiciled within the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills.
NONRESIDENT ALS REFUSAL: All persons who are nonresidents of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills who have received or accepted advanced life support services from ambulance personnel (EMT-Bs and/or paramedics), but have refused transportation by ambulance to a hospital.
NONRESIDENTS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL: All persons who are nonresidents of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills who are transported by a fire department operated ambulance from within the limits of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills to a hospital or other authorized medical facility for medical care or attention.
PAYMENT: Payment of the ambulance service fee shall be due upon the rendering of an invoice or statement by the village of its authorized billing and collection service corporation or agent and any policies pertaining thereto.
RESIDENT: A person who is domiciled within the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills.
RESIDENT ALS REFUSAL: All persons who are residents of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills who have received or accepted advanced life support services from ambulance personnel (EMT-Bs and/or paramedics), but have refused transportation by ambulance to a hospital.
RESIDENTS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL: All persons who are residents of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills who are transported by a fire department operated ambulance from within the limits of the village of Hinsdale or the village of Clarendon Hills to a hospital or other authorized medical facility for medical care or attention.
VEHICLE EXTRICATION: When members of the fire department are required to use hydraulic, gas powered, electric powered, air powered or other specialized rescue equipment to remove a person from a vehicle or other structure.
VILLAGE: The village of Hinsdale, unless otherwise provided.
B. Ambulance Service Fees: Fees for ambulance services and prehospital care provided by the village's fire department shall be charged to the person receiving said services, or the person's estate, in accordance with the following schedule:
Resident | Nonresident | |
Mileage (as measured from the location of the ambulance call to the hospital) | $25.00 per mile or portion thereof | $25.00 per mile or portion thereof |
Vehicle extrication | $ 0.00 | $450.00 |
Advanced life support (ALS) refusal | 650.00 | 750.00 |
C. Fee For Nonresident Vehicle Fire: In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsection B of this section, each person who is not a resident of the village and receives a fire department response to extinguish a vehicle fire shall pay the village an additional service fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00).
D. Fee For Services Provided In Conjunction With Helicopter Transport: In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsections B and C of this section, when the village provides ambulance services to a hospital in conjunction with a helicopter transport, that hospital shall pay to the village a fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for such services.
E. Medicare Coverage: All fees shall be determined pursuant to the schedules set forth in subsections B, C and D of this section, with the exception of ambulance services provided to patients covered under the federal medicare system who shall be billed under the appropriate billing code as provided under the uniform medicare fee schedule for ambulance services, and based on the services provided and applicable mileage.
F. Third Party Insurer: All persons who receive ambulance services from the village and who have insurance coverage which provides for the payment in whole or in part of the ambulance service fee, are covered by a governmental entity program such as medicare that provides for the payment, in whole or in part, of the ambulance service fee, or who have the ability to obtain reimbursement, in whole or in part, of the ambulance service fee from a noninsurance/nongovernmental entity third party, shall upon request of the village, provide the names and addresses of said third party to the village. (The term "third party" shall mean any such insurance company, governmental entity, or other third party as referenced in the foregoing sentence.) The village shall prepare and issue to the third party an invoice for such ambulance service fee in accordance with the ambulance service fee schedule set forth above.
G. Compensation From Third Party: In the event any person who received ambulance services from the village receives compensation from a third party which is allocable to the ambulance service fee, such compensation shall be promptly forwarded by said person to the village. Under no circumstances shall any term or provision of this section adversely affect the rights of the village as set forth in the Illinois health care services lien act, 770 Illinois Compiled Statutes 23/1 et seq., as amended, or any other similar statute. (Ord. O2015-49, 12-8-2015; amd. Ord. O2022-32, 10-18-2022)