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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Virginia 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.18 to $23.44.

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 $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10$20$50facility $21professional $18

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
$13.80
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$14.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.45

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$17.78

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.