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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Kansas 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$575$437 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $589Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $295 to $575
$500facility $562professional $575

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
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
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
EH · Ambulance E to H + HH · Mental health + substance use
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 16th of 51

$575

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.