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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

New Hampshire 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.49 to $41.69.

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 $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $62
$10$20$50professional $25

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
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 15th of 51

$25.12

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.