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Protein Identification in Tissue by Western Blot

Minnesota 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 6 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$29.51$24.55 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$24.55 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $25 to $178Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68
$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $30

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
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$29.51

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.