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Paraffin

Michigan rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.47 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$8.51 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.82
1 more rate 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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 12th of 51

$3.98

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.