go back

Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Arizona 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.13 to $23.44.

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 $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $19

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.30

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$19.05

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.