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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Illinois 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?

$31.62per million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for each million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$31.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$60.26

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$31.62$29.51 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$42.66 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $32 to $135Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $30 to $34
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $32

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
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 16th of 51

$31.62

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.