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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Utah 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.60 to $45.71.

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

Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48
$10$20$50professional $22

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.75

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 21st of 51

$22.39

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.