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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 October 2026.

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

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$355$200 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$309 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,188Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $355

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
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 323.6 times more in California 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$372

CA $89,125NC $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.