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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Pennsylvania 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?

$31.62per million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 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 $48.98 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
$48.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 55% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$30.90 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$39.81 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $32 to $87Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $30 to $36
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $49professional $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
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$81.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$74.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02

Where Pennsylvania sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania $31.62 · 24th of 51
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.