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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Georgia 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $29.51.

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 $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $26Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $39
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$18.20

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$19.95

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.