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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Florida rates for HCPCS A0427

Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (ALS 1 - emergency)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1) cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$316$309 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$1,000 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,047Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $263 to $646
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,000professional $316

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
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Minnesota than in North 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.

Florida· 6th of 51

$1,000

MN $1,820NC $275

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.