go back

Urine Chloride Test

Maine 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 6 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$5.75$4.37 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.75 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $47Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $6

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
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$25.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 30th of 51

$5.75

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.