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Advanced Life Support, Level 2 (ALS 2)

Pennsylvania 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$490 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$575 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,026Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $759professional $646

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
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
HH · Mental health + substance use
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JH · Ambulance J to H + RH · Ambulance R to H + SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$676

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.