go back

Urine Chloride Test

Nebraska 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$6.31$3.80 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$12.88 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $5 to $58Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $38
$5$10$20$50facility $21professional $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
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.75
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$11.48

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$15.14

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.