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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Delaware 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 Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $34.67.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $18 to $151Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $76professional $13

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
$17.78
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.72
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$20.42

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 41st 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.