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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J9213

Injection, interferon, alfa-2a, recombinant, 3 million units

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Interferon Alfa-2a Injection cost?

$40.74per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 3 million units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

million units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$40.74
At a hospital outpatient department
$47.86

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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 6 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$40.74$40.74 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$45.71 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $48Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $41 to $45
$0.1$1$10$100facility $48professional $41

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in New York than in Minnesota. 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$40.74

NY $44.67MN $20.89

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.