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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Pennsylvania 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 9 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$275$257 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$741 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $324 to $832Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $209 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $741professional $275

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
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 25th of 51

$282

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.