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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

South Carolina 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$324 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$204 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $204 to $525Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $234 to $468
$200$500facility $245professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
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 + PH · Ambulance P to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion + SI · Ambulance S to I
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$324

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.