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Protein Analysis Of Tissue By Blotting

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88371

Separates the proteins in a tissue sample by size on a gel, transfers them to a membrane, and reports on the protein of interest. It is used when a doctor needs to know whether a particular protein is present, missing, or the wrong size, for example in the work-up of some muscle diseases. The result includes the pathologist's written interpretation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Protein Analysis Of Tissue By Blotting cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$32.36$22.39 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$24.55 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $21 to $65Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Wyoming than in Nebraska. 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$30.90

WY $41.69NE $14.79

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.