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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

New Mexico 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.89 to $26.30.

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 $31 · 10th to 90th $24 to $35Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26
$10$20$50facility $31professional $24

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
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$16.98

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 17th of 51

$23.99

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.