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Urine Chloride Test

South Carolina 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$4.47 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$14.13 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $4 to $98Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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
$4.47
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 17th of 51

$7.08

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.