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Ambulance, Advanced Life Support Emergency (ALS 1)

Wisconsin 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$468$407 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$275 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,042Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,950
$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $468

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,238.72
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 30th of 51

$479

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.