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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J9213

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Interferon Alfa-2a Injection cost?

$40.74per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 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 $145 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$145

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 255% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$40.74 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$93.33 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $63 to $288Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $229
$50$100$200facility $145professional $41

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$40.74

AK $60.26NM $30.20

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.