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Paraffin

Colorado rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.04

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.04 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $3.39 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.04$2.00 to $2.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.39$2.04 to $4.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10facility $3professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.37
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.88
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.34

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 45th of 51

$2.04

HI $5.13ME $2.00

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.