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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Indiana 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 6 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$15.85$15.14 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$11.22 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25
$10$20$50facility $16professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.50
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$15.85

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.