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Paraffin

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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$3.63$2.75 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.89 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.39
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$3.63

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.