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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Missouri 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$437$355 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$309 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,630Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $437

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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
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
RH · Ambulance R to H
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$447

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.