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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Minnesota 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 6 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$676$537 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$282 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,698Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,349
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $575professional $676

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $676 · 3rd of 51
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.