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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Oregon 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$19.05 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$17.78 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $58
$10$20$50facility $26professional $26

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
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$15.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$34.67
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$24.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$26.30

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 14th of 51

$26.30

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.