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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $64.57 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
$64.57

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 104% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$31.62 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$45.71 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $32 to $105Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $32 to $34
$20$50$100facility $65professional $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
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
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 Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th 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.