diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/lib/requests/get_pings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/lib/requests/get_pings.ts
index 15c5cbd4181ac..03ec2d7343c9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/lib/requests/get_pings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/lib/requests/get_pings.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,43 @@ import {
 
 const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 25;
 
+/**
+ * This branch of filtering is used for monitors of type `browser`. This monitor
+ * type represents an unbounded set of steps, with each `check_group` representing
+ * a distinct journey. The document containing the `summary` field is indexed last, and
+ * contains the data necessary for querying a journey.
+ *
+ * Because of this, when querying for "pings", it is important that we treat `browser` summary
+ * checks as the "ping" we want. Without this filtering, we will receive >= N pings for a journey
+ * of N steps, because an individual step may also contain multiple documents.
+ */
+const REMOVE_NON_SUMMARY_BROWSER_CHECKS = {
+  must_not: [
+    {
+      bool: {
+        filter: [
+          {
+            term: {
+              'monitor.type': 'browser',
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            bool: {
+              must_not: [
+                {
+                  exists: {
+                    field: 'summary',
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
 export const getPings: UMElasticsearchQueryFn<GetPingsParams, PingsResponse> = async ({
   callES,
   dynamicSettings,
@@ -27,10 +64,7 @@ export const getPings: UMElasticsearchQueryFn<GetPingsParams, PingsResponse> = a
 }) => {
   const size = sizeParam ?? DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE;
   const sortParam = { sort: [{ '@timestamp': { order: sort ?? 'desc' } }] };
-  const filter: any[] = [
-    { range: { '@timestamp': { gte: from, lte: to } } },
-    { exists: { field: 'summary' } },
-  ];
+  const filter: any[] = [{ range: { '@timestamp': { gte: from, lte: to } } }];
   if (monitorId) {
     filter.push({ term: { 'monitor.id': monitorId } });
   }
@@ -42,7 +76,12 @@ export const getPings: UMElasticsearchQueryFn<GetPingsParams, PingsResponse> = a
   if (location) {
     postFilterClause = { post_filter: { term: { 'observer.geo.name': location } } };
   }
-  const queryContext = { bool: { filter } };
+  const queryContext = {
+    bool: {
+      filter,
+      ...REMOVE_NON_SUMMARY_BROWSER_CHECKS,
+    },
+  };
   const params: any = {
     index: dynamicSettings.heartbeatIndices,
     body: {