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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 October 2026.

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

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$398 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$617 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $617Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $245 to $617
$500facility $617professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
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
ET · Emergency service + HH · Mental health + substance use + JH · Ambulance J to H + NH · Ambulance N to H + PH · Ambulance P to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 14th of 51

$617

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.