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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $25.12.

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 $56 · 10th to 90th $49 to $89Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $56professional $18

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
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 36th 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.