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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Mississippi 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.62 to $33.11.

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 $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $36
$10$20$50professional $29

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 10th of 51

$28.84

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.