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Paraffin

Illinois rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.09 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.09$2.40 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$2.69 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.89

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$3.09

MN $4.79KY $2.34

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.