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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

South 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.84 to $117.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $22 to $55Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $15 to $117
$20$50$100facility $24professional $59

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
$15.14
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$72.44
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$18.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$58.88

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.