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Urine Chloride Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82436

This test measures the amount of chloride, a component of salt, in a urine sample. It can help evaluate kidney function or fluid and electrolyte balance, depending on why a doctor ordered it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Chloride Test cost?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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 6 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$12.88$5.75 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$4.57 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $42Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $13

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
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.75
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$22.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$32.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$46.77

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 28th of 51

$6.03

WV $44.67DC $4.27

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.