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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

North Dakota 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.38 to $58.88.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $21 to $93Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $15 to $117
$20$50$100facility $25professional $45

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
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$43.65

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.