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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Montana 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $32.36 to $74.13.

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

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $34 to $44Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78
$20$50facility $35professional $35

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$14.45

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$35.48

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.