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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Michigan 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 8 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$20.89$16.98 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$9.33 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $9 to $871Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $21

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
$9.33
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$11.75
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$20.89

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.