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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Michigan 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$676$347 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$741 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,162Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $676

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
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
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 + JH · Ambulance J to H + NH · Ambulance N to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 13th of 51

$708

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.