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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Minnesota 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 6 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$43.65$23.99 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$24.55 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $19 to $158Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $16 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $44

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
$19.05
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$44.67

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.