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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Arkansas 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $29.51.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $15 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $18

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
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.18
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$18.20

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.