HCPCS A0430

Ambulance Service, Conventional Air Services, Transport, One Way, Fixed Wing

HCPCS A0430 is a ambulance and transportation code that the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule does not price. Commercial payers may still reimburse it.

Medicare rate by state

Medicare rates for this code are not published in the 2026 physician fee schedule.

Understanding this rate

A Medicare rate is not one number — it is several, combined. Here is what each part of the HCPCS A0430 rate above actually means.

Why isn't this code priced?

Not every billing code is on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Many HCPCS codes — behavioral health, DMEPOS, and drugs billed under J or Q codes — are priced under a separate CMS fee schedule, paid at a state Medicaid rate, or reimbursed only by commercial payers.

Who actually pays for it, then

Commercial payers negotiate their own rate for codes Medicare doesn't price, independent of any federal fee schedule. See what payers negotiate for A0430.

This page reflects the 2026-01-01 CMS Physician Fee Schedule. Want the full story behind why this data is public at all — the rules, the deadlines, the penalties? Read the price transparency law guide.

See what other providers in your market negotiated for A0430

Medicare is the floor, not the market. See what UHC, Aetna, Cigna and BCBS actually pay — down to the TIN.