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Paraffin

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$2.09 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.57 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $83Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $24
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $4

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
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$9.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$41.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.68
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$41.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.68
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.63
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
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.95

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$3.89

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.