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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Alabama 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.13 to $20.89.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $21
$10$20$50facility $21professional $15

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.94
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.12

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$15.14

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.