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Ambulance

California rates for RC 0540

Ambulance-General Classification

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ambulance cost?

$100

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $87.10 to $224.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $81 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
HealthNet
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13

Where California sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Virginia than in Minnesota. 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.

California· 36th of 37

$100

VA $4,074MN $67.61

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.