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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Montana 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?

$51.29per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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
$51.29
At a hospital outpatient department
$54.95

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 7% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$40.74 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$43.65 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $35 to $65Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $34 to $79
$50$100facility $55professional $51

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
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
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$51.29

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.