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Urine Chloride Test

Rhode Island 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 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$5.25$4.27 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$7.08 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $33Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $15professional $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
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.00

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$5.62

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.