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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Wyoming 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.30 to $64.57.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $65
$10$20$50$100professional $40

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$18.20

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$39.81

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.