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Urine Chloride Test

Michigan 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$4.68$4.27 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$5.50 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20facility $6professional $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
$5.50
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.75

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th of 51

$5.50

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.