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Urine Chloride Test

New Mexico 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$4.47$4.37 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$8.71 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $5 to $58Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $37
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $22professional $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
$8.71
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.27

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 49th of 51

$4.47

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.