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Urine Chloride Test

Illinois 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$4.27 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.32 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $66Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$42.66
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.75

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 15th of 51

$7.41

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.