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Urine Chloride Test

North Dakota 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 5 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$8.51$4.37 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$10.23 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$10$20facility $14professional $9

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
$4.07
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.71

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$9.77

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.