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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Kentucky 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$550$501 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$257 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $81 to $759Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $257professional $550

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
$81.28
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
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
PH · Ambulance P to H
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 21st of 51

$550

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.