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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Mississippi 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 4 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$251$251 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$282 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $13 to $646Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $240 to $263
$20$50$100$200$500facility $339professional $251

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 48th of 51

$251

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.