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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Kansas 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $23.99.

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

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $31Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $20

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.59

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$20.42

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.