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Protein Identification in Tissue by Western Blot

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$36.31$23.99 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$25.12 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $21 to $72Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $93
$10$20$50$100$200facility $33professional $36

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$102.33
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
$36.31
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
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
$36.31
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.9 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· 9th of 51

$35.48

WY $50.12NE $17.38

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.