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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Louisiana 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$275$245 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$324 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,000Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $245 to $380
$500$1Kfacility $513professional $275

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
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
HH · Mental health + substance use + NH · Ambulance N to H + PH · Ambulance P to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$513

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.