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Interferon Alfa-2a Injection

Washington 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?

$43.65per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 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 $60.26 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
$42.66
At a hospital outpatient department
$60.26

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 41% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$42.66$40.74 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$45.71 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $39 to $95Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $68
$50$100facility $60professional $43

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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 4th of 51

$43.65

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.