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Advanced Life Support, Level 2 (ALS 2)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A0433

Advanced life support, level 2 (ALS 2)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Advanced Life Support, Level 2 (ALS 2) cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$490 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$468 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,738Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $490 to $575
$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $550

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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RH · Ambulance R to H
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Montana than in Oregon. 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$741

MT $1,950OR $275

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.