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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

New Jersey 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$309$195 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$6.46 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $6 to $3,548Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $195 to $389
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $1,202professional $309

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 23rd of 51

$309

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.