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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

South 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$251$224 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$195 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $195 to $676Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $219 to $316
$200$500facility $282professional $251

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$251

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.