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Protein Identification in Tissue by Western Blot

Idaho rates for HCPCS 88372

A laboratory technique that separates the proteins in a tissue sample by size and then uses a specific probe to pick out and identify one of the separated bands. It shows whether a particular protein is present and whether it is the expected size. It is used when a diagnosis depends on identifying one specific protein in a sample of tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Protein Identification in Tissue by Western Blot cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$27.54$26.30 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$27.54 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $26 to $126Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $51
$20$50$100facility $58professional $28

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
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 Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Idaho· 27th of 51

$33.11

AK $79.43FL $20.89

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.