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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Ohio 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$389 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$513 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,236Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $355 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $398

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
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
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
HH · Mental health + substance use
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$398

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.