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Interferon Gamma 1-b Injection

Minnesota 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?

$8,128per 3 million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for each 3 million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,762 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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
$7,762
At a hospital outpatient department
$10,471

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 35% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,762$447 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$1,738 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $891 to $17,378Professionalmedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $447 to $10,471
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $7,762

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
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 50th of 51

$8,128

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.