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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 October 2026.

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

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$1,072$1,072 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$692 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $1,072

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
$295.12
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$1,820

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.