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Paraffin

Virginia rates for HCPCS A4265

Paraffin, per pound

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Paraffin cost?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, 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 $4.07 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$2.04 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$3.39 to $5.25

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $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
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.39
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$100.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.80

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th 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.