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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Iowa 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.89$15.49 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$29.51 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $55Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $21

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
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$61.66
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 24th of 51

$20.89

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.