go back

Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

North Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$245 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$263 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $263 to $316Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $178 to $316
$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$263

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.