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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Idaho 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.90 to $38.02.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $8 to $45Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $18 to $45
$10$20$50facility $30professional $36

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
$8.13
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 7th of 51

$36.31

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.