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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

New Jersey 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.13 to $22.91.

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 $13,804 · 10th to 90th $380 to $16,218Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13,804professional $17

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,218.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.18

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 43rd of 51

$17.38

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.