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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Missouri 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 7 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$21.38$16.98 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$19.95 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $17 to $65Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48
$5$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$45.71
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
$28.18
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$21.88

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.