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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Tennessee 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $8 to $132Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $132professional $19

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
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$13.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.45

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$19.50

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.