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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Kentucky rates for HCPCS A0426

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$316 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $78 to $490Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $214 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HH · Mental health + substance use
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Illinois than in Texas. 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.

Kentucky· 26th of 51

$347

IL $891TX $117

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.