Air Ambulance Membership in St. Louis, Missouri
PHI Cares offers air ambulance membership in St. Louis for your whole household. PHI Air Medical has a helicopter based near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Here, PHI Air Medical flies as SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in St. Louis. Its air medical program is operated with PHI Air Medical.
PHI Cares members have $0 out-of-pocket responsibility for PHI Air Medical's billing on medically necessary flights, under the membership Terms and Conditions. PHI Air Medical bills your insurance company and accepts the insurance payment as payment in full.
- Base
- St. Louis, Missouri
- County
- St. Louis County
- Aircraft
- Airbus BK117 C-2 helicopter
- Flies as
- SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Search your ZIP code or city on the Coverage Map to see the bases near you.
Towns near the St. Louis base
Towns within about 60 miles of the St. Louis base include O'Fallon, Florissant, Chesterfield, Oakville, Wildwood, Wentzville, University City and Ballwin in Missouri; and Belleville, Granite City and O'Fallon in Illinois.
Counties: St. Louis County, St. Charles County, City of St. Louis, Warren County, Jefferson County, Franklin County, Lincoln County, Montgomery County and Gasconade County in Missouri; and Jersey County, Calhoun County, Monroe County, St. Clair County and Madison County in Illinois.
Other PHI Cares membership bases near St. Louis: Evansville (177 miles).
Questions about air ambulance membership in St. Louis
Does my PHI Cares membership cover a Cardinal Glennon flight?
Yes, for PHI Air Medical's billing. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is a PHI Air Medical cooperative partner, and members have $0 out-of-pocket responsibility for PHI Air Medical's billing on medically necessary flights, under the membership Terms and Conditions. PHI Air Medical bills your insurance company and accepts the insurance payment as payment in full.
Who decides if a helicopter is sent?
In a medical emergency, always call 911. In most cases, the ground EMS crew first on the scene decides whether a helicopter is needed and requests one. For a transfer between hospitals, the patient's doctor requests the flight, and members can ask for PHI Air Medical when possible.
Does my membership work outside St. Louis County?
Yes. Membership benefits apply to medically necessary flights by PHI Air Medical or a cooperative partner, wherever those flights happen. What matters is who performs the flight, not where you live. PHI Air Medical has 71 membership bases in 14 states.
How much is a PHI Cares membership in Missouri?
One membership covers your whole household: $75 for 1 year, $195 for 3 years, $295 for 5 years or $585 for 10 years. You can also pay $8.99 a month.
Membership in the PHI Cares Program is not an insurance product. PHI Cares does not cover and will not pay or reimburse you for services performed by any other air medical transport services provider or any ground ambulance services provider.