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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

South Dakota 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$603$479 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$457 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $479Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $759
$200$500facility $479professional $603

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 13th of 51

$479

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.