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Urine Chloride Test

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Urine Chloride Test cost?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$2.45 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$5.75 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$9.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$12.02
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.12

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 48th of 51

$4.47

KS $13.18NJ $4.07

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.