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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Nonemergency (ALS 1)

Tennessee 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $355.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $245 to $257Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $200 to $525
$200$500facility $257professional $295

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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 41st of 51

$295

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.