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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Maine 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$302 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$708 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,445Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096
$500$1Kfacility $1,445professional $525

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 22nd of 51

$525

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.