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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Vermont 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $22.91.

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 $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $30
$20$50professional $23

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
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 19th of 51

$22.91

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.