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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Massachusetts 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $468 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 9 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$347$339 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$295 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $8 to $617Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $282 to $589
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $347

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$741.31
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$347

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.