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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Illinois 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$537$288 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$741 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $550 to $16,596Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $537

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
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
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
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 8th of 51

$955

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.