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Paramedic Intercept, Rural

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS A0432

Paramedic intercept (PI), rural area, transport furnished by a volunteer ambulance company which is prohibited by state law from billing third-party payers

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paramedic Intercept, Rural cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 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 $479 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$447$372 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$295 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,012Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $479professional $447

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$741.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$794.33
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,148.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
PH · Ambulance P to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 398.1 times more in Massachusetts than in Kansas. 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.

Pennsylvania· 29th of 50

$447

MA $1,995KS $5.01

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.