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Urine Chloride Test

North Carolina 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 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$4.57$4.47 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$5.89 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $47Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$4.68
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$6.92

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.