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Urine Chloride Test

Washington, DC 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$4.27$4.27 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$9.77 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $81Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$4.27
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.51

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$4.27

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.