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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Michigan 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$251 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$550 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,291Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $209 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $490

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 11th of 51

$490

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.