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Urine Chloride Test

Kentucky 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?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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$4.47$3.02 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$4.68 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $81Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $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
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$4.57

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.