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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Maine 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.78 to $32.36.

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

Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $16 to $55
$10$20$50professional $27

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 12th of 51

$26.92

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.