By Emily White

The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE, Wash. — The price for ailing Spokane County residents to ride in an ambulance to the hospital has skyrocketed in the past five years.

American Medical Response, the company responsible for 95% of all medical transports in the county, will charge more than $5,000 in most of Spokane County starting next year, a rise of several hundred dollars from this year and thousands of dollars from just a few years ago.

Patients who used an ambulance in the city of Spokane, for instance, will pay a base fee of $5,275 starting June 1 plus $52.49 per mile. That compares to $975 for a ride plus $23.45 per mile they paid in 2021.

It makes Spokane County the most expensive place in the state for an AMR ride, said Spokane County Ambulance Service Board Chair T

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