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Paraffin

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$2.40$2.00 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.25 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $2

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
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2.51

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.