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Paraffin

Kansas rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.88$2.40 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$3.55 to $3.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $23
$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $3

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.63
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.02

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$3.55

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.