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Air Ambulance, Rotary Wing

New Jersey rates for HCPCS A0431

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Air Ambulance, Rotary Wing cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 4 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$5,495$2,455 to $5,495
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$550 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $59 to $18,621Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $10,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $5,495

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

New Jersey· 18th of 51

$5,495

HI $29,512RI $3,548

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.