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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Georgia rates for HCPCS A0427

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 5 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$263$251 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$407 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $389 to $933Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $251 to $513
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $263

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 6.5 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.

Georgia· 46th of 51

$263

AK $1,318SC $204

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.