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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Florida 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $26.30.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $71
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 34th of 51

$18.62

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.