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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

West 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.50$15.49 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$48.98 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $8 to $129Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $83professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.94
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$39.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 4th of 51

$42.66

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.