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Paraffin

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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 8 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$2.95$2.34 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$2.34 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $26Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4professional $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
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.17
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.17
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.17

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$2.95

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.