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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Hawaii 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.39 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $33
$20$50professional $26

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
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.14
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 13th of 51

$26.30

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.