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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Pennsylvania 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 9 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$295$269 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$891 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,175Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $219 to $603
$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $295

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 27th of 51

$302

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.