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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 July 2026.

How much does Urine Chloride Test cost?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 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 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$4.57$3.80 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$5.62 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $58Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$4.57
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.24

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$5.50

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.