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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 July 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$447$331 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$275 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,445Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $447

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$436.52
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 11th of 51

$447

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.