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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Colorado 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.49 to $25.12.

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 $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71
$10$20$50facility $23professional $20

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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.98

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 26th of 51

$20.89

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.