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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Colorado rates for HCPCS A0426

Ambulance service, advanced life support, nonemergency transport, level 1 (ALS 1)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1) cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$288 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$288 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $7 to $2,754Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $288 to $288
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $2,754professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$288

AK $832SC $195

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.