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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88311

This is an added laboratory step performed on a tissue sample that contains bone or other hard, calcium-containing material, chemically softening it so it can be thinly sliced and examined under a microscope. It is billed alongside the main examination of the tissue sample, not on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $37.15.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $30Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $91
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in South Dakota than in Alabama. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$26.92

SD $58.88AL $15.14

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.