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Paraffin

Missouri rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.14 to $3.80.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $79Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $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
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.89
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
$1.02
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.44
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.48

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 37th of 51

$2.40

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.