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Paraffin

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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 7 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$4.17$2.69 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$2.09 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $79Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $4

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
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$9.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$46.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$4.17

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.