Basic life support ambulance transport, non-emergency

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

BLS

Payers reporting HCPCS A0428

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$1.2k

Median

$728

High

$16.6k

Payer rate distribution

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	98	$445	$458	$496	108%	1–10	$1 – $2.1k
2	Bcbs Mi facility · fee schedule · both · +3 other terms	1	$266	$266	—	—	1–10	$266 – $266
3	Aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	66	$284	$344	$164	48%	—	$179 – $883
4	UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms	61	$285	$284	$18	6%	—	$237 – $430
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	56	$317	$642	$780	121%	—	$0 – $5.5k
6	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	38	$460	$1.8k	$203	11%	—	$289 – $1.8k
7	WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms	32	$381	$342	$50	14%	—	$279 – $391
8	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms	22	$279	$383	$118	31%	—	$279 – $558
9	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	21	$462	$449	$72	16%	—	$295 – $556
10	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms	19	$302	$298	$23	8%	—	$230 – $313
11	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	18	$433	$449	$69	15%	—	$375 – $543
12	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	16	$2.5k	$2.3k	$656	28%	—	$223 – $2.7k
13	Regence facility · case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms	16	$296	$291	$16	5%	—	$237 – $302
14	Wellmark fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	15	$387	$382	$25	6%	—	$235 – $387
15	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	14	$384	$414	$168	41%	—	$1 – $2.5k
16	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	14	$591	$628	$197	31%	—	$348 – $1.5k
17	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	12	$185	$164	$42	26%	—	$58 – $200
18	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	12	$1.1k	$877	$463	53%	—	$285 – $1.9k
19	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	11	$271	$296	$121	41%	—	$248 – $1.0k
20	Ucare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	10	$282	$560	$380	68%	—	$282 – $1.4k
21	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	8	$230	$218	$30	14%	—	$138 – $230
22	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · both · +7 other terms	8	$479	$483	$128	26%	—	$297 – $576
23	Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$525	$562	$95	17%	—	$261 – $706
24	Healthpartners facility · case rate · outpatient · +7 other terms	7	$279	$279	—	—	—	$279 – $279
25	Medicare fee schedule · both · +8 other terms	7	$328	$325	$38	12%	—	$279 – $815

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