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How much does an ambulance cost?

In the United States, a ground ambulance ride typically costs between $500 and $3,000+ for transport, plus a per-mile charge. The exact amount depends on where you live, which agency responds, the level of care (BLS vs. ALS), the miles traveled, and your insurance. Medicare publishes a benchmark rate for every ZIP code, but private and municipal providers usually bill several times that figure.

Use the search above to look up the estimated transport fee, the 2026 Medicare benchmark, any treatment-no-transport (TNT) fee, and your state’s surprise-billing protections for a specific ZIP code or city. Federal law also limits some balance billing under the No Surprises Act, and research from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows ground ambulances remain a common source of surprise bills. If you have already been billed, see how to dispute an ambulance bill.

Learn more about ambulance bills

• Will insurance cover my ambulance bill?
• How to dispute an ambulance bill
• The No Surprises Act & ambulances
• BLS vs. ALS: what’s the difference?
• Why private rates beat Medicare rates
• How ambulance mileage is charged