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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Montana 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 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$501$490 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$501 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,413Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,380
$100$1K$10Kfacility $501professional $501

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$501

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.