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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Ohio 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$257 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$417 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,042Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $257 to $324
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $257

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
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
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 + HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 47th of 51

$257

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.