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Air Ambulance, Rotary Wing

Montana rates for HCPCS A0431

Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Air Ambulance, Rotary Wing cost?

$16,218

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,218 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15,136 from a physician practice, and about $16,218 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15,136$5,248 to $16,218
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,218$15,136 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $14,454 to $18,197Professionalmedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $79 to $16,218
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $16,218professional $15,136

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
$12,302.69
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$16,218

OK $23,988NE $3,467

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.