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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Louisiana 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.95 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $19 to $74Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $31
$10$20$50facility $20professional $22

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
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$22.39

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.