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Urine Chloride Test

Colorado 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 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$4.37$4.37 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$7.59 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $16professional $4

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
$4.37
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.92
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.75
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.37

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 41st of 51

$4.90

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.