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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Washington, DC 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.22 to $17.78.

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

Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $16 to $42
$10$20$50$100professional $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. 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
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$20.42

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 39th of 51

$17.78

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.