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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

New York 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 negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for each million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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
$30.90
At a hospital outpatient department
$34.67

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.90$25.70 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$30.20 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $74Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.95

Where New York 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.

New York· 49th 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.