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Paraffin

South Dakota rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$2.69 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.68 to $5.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$23.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.51
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
4 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
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.35

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 13th of 51

$3.98

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.