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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Kentucky 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?

$32.36per million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for each million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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
$32.36
At a hospital outpatient department
$37.15

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 15% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$32.36$30.90 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$29.51 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $30 to $37
$0.1$1$10$100facility $37professional $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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
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
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 13th of 51

$32.36

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.