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Paraffin

South Dakota rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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 7 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$3.98$3.24 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$4.47 to $5.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$23.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.51
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$4.37

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.