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Advanced Life Support, Level 2 (ALS 2)

North Carolina 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$575$575 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$575 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $575 to $676Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $562 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $575

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
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
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 + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$575

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.