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Urine Chloride Test

Arkansas 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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$4.57$3.89 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$6.61 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $5

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
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.51

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$6.92

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.