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Urine Chloride Test

Maryland 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.63 to $4.57.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10facility $4professional $4

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
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
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$4.27

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.