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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Louisiana 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $282.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $851Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $263 to $282
$200$500$1Kfacility $676professional $282

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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$282

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.