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Paraffin

Missouri rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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 6 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$2.88$2.14 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$2.95 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $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
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.72

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$2.88

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.