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Urine Chloride Test

New Jersey 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$4.47$3.89 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$9.77 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $59Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $4

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
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$13.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.75
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.24

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$7.41

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.