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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Kentucky 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 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$15.49$11.75 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$24.55 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $16 to $60Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $15

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
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
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
$9.55
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
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
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.80

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$16.22

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.