Basic life support emergency ambulance transport at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

BLS-emergency

Cedar Rapids, IA

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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $620 is 10% above the median hospital's median price ($563), higher than 55% of the 746 hospitals reporting HCPCS A0429. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting HCPCS A0429 at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both	$384	$384	—	—	—	$384 – $384
2	UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both	$384	$384	—	—	—	$384 – $384
3	Cigna commercial fee schedule · both	$582	$582	—	—	—	$582 – $582
4	Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
5	Wellmark commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
6	Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
7	Wellmark hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
8	Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
9	Wellmark ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
10	Aetna hmo fee schedule · both	$772	$772	—	—	—	$772 – $772
11	Aetna ppo fee schedule · both	$772	$772	—	—	—	$772 – $772

Last updated: Jan 28, 2026

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