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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J9214

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Interferon Alfa-2b Injection cost?

$32.36per million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 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 $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 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
$38.02

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 20% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$31.62$29.51 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$37.15 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $30 to $35
$0.1$1$10$100facility $38professional $32

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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88

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· 6th of 51

$32.36

SD $33.11IA $29.51

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.