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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $20.89.

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 $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $20Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $38
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th 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.