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Interferon Gamma 1-b Injection

Kentucky 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?

$8,511per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $513 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
$8,511
At a hospital outpatient department
$513

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 94% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,511$6,607 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$490 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $251 to $10,471Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $513professional $8,511

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
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$47,863.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
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
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$8,511

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.