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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J9214

Injection, interferon, alfa-2b, recombinant, 1 million units

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Interferon Alfa-2b Injection cost?

$30.90per million units

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for each million units of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $19.50 to $33.88.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 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
$30.90

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $44Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $17 to $44
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $31

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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95

Where Iowa sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

Iowa· 50th of 51

$30.90

AK $45.71AZ $30.90

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.