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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $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
$31.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$37.15

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$30.90 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$32.36 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $32 to $98Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $31 to $34
$50$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
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$102.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$102.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
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
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th 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.