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Paraffin

Oregon rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$2.00 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$3.80 to $4.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5Professionalmedian $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). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.89
8 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
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 20th of 51

$3.55

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.