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Urine Chloride Test

Louisiana 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.57$2.95 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$5.75 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $5

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
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.51
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.76

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$6.17

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.