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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 October 2026.

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

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$275 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$490 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,012Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $200 to $603
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $724professional $389

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
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$602.56
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
2 more rates 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
$416.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
DH · Ambulance D to H + EH · Ambulance E to H + HH · Mental health + substance use + NH · Ambulance N to H + PH · Ambulance P to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 37th 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.