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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Montana 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 5 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$479$447 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $468 to $891Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $263 to $871
$100$1K$10Kfacility $479professional $479

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 5th of 51

$479

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.