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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Texas 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?

$41.69per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 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
$41.69
At a hospital outpatient department
$51.29

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 23% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$41.69$30.20 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$40.74 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $34 to $95Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $309
$50$100$200facility $51professional $42

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
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
16 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
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 18th of 51

$41.69

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.