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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 July 2026.

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

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$288$263 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$525 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $550Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,905
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $525professional $288

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 13th of 51

$380

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.