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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

New York 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 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$245$229 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$933 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,778Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $209 to $447
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $933professional $245

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34

Where New York 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.

New York· 15th of 51

$309

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.