Minnesota Medicaid Transport Fee Schedule 2026

Minnesota Medicaid publishes 25 transport procedure rates effective 2026 on its fee-for-service schedule. This page shows published rates for common transport procedures with plain-language descriptions and, where a comparator exists, each rate as a percentage of national Medicare.

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Published codes

25

Transport procedures on the 2026 schedule

Median % of Medicare

--

no national Medicare comparator for this category

PA required

0

+12 conditional or varies

Common transport procedures and what Minnesota Medicaid pays

A curated sample of recognizable procedures from the 25-code schedule. Rates are the state's published fee-for-service amounts; the percentage compares each rate with the national Medicare amount for the same code.

CodeProcedureMinnesota rate% of Medicare
A0130Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van$19.80--
A0425Ground mileage, per statute mile$9.69--
A0427Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)$540.66--
A0428Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls)$284.56--
A0429Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)$455.29--

Published Medicaid fee-for-service schedule amounts, not a coverage or eligibility guarantee. Managed-care plan rates can differ. Where no prior-authorization flag is shown, the state does not publish one. Rows marked * show the schedule's representative published variant.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Minnesota Medicaid pay for medical transportation?

Minnesota Medicaid publishes 25 transport procedure rates effective 2026 on its fee-for-service schedule. The schedule covers ambulance services, mileage, and non-emergency medical transport. The table on this page shows published rates for common procedures; the complete all-codes schedule is available as a CSV download with a ProviderSignal Rates subscription.

How do Minnesota's transport rates compare with Medicare?

Most transport codes in this category have no direct national Medicare comparator (Medicare prices these services through different mechanisms), so a median comparison is not published here.

Do transport services need prior authorization in Minnesota?

Minnesota publishes prior-authorization flags on its schedule: 0 transport codes are marked as always requiring PA, and 12 more require it conditionally (after limits or under specific circumstances). Codes without a flag carry no published PA indicator.

Where do these rates come from?

Directly from Minnesota's published Medicaid fee-for-service schedule (effective 2026), collected and normalized by ProviderSignal across all 50 states + DC. Rates are re-collected on a rolling schedule and this page updates automatically. Procedure descriptions are ProviderSignal's own plain-language labels or public-domain CMS text.

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