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Paraffin

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $3.39 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$2.95$2.24 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.39$3.39 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $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
$3.02
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$3.02

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.