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Interferon Gamma 1-b Injection

Alabama rates for HCPCS J9216

Injection, interferon, gamma 1-b, 3 million units

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Interferon Gamma 1-b Injection cost?

$8,913per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,913 from a physician practice, and about $741 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 3 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
$8,913
At a hospital outpatient department
$741

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 92% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,913$8,913 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$724 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,913Professionalmedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $8,710 to $9,333
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $8,913

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
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
1 more rate 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
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Alabama· 6th of 51

$8,913

AK $12,303MT $468

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.