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Air Ambulance, Rotary Wing

Texas 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,129 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,129$5,012 to $7,943
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$5,495 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $5,495Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $21,878
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $5,129

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$29,512.09
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$21,877.62
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 38th of 51

$5,495

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.