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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Indiana 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$562$513 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$589 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,162Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $339 to $891
$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $562

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
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
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
RH · Ambulance R to H
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 18th of 51

$562

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.