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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A0427

Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (ALS 1 - emergency)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1) cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$832 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$537 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,455Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,239
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,349professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in South 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,072

AK $1,318SC $204

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.