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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Minnesota 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?

$42.66per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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
$42.66
At a hospital outpatient department
$51.29

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 20% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$40.74 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$33.11 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $21 to $115Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $21 to $54
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $43

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$42.66

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.