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Urine Chloride Test

South Dakota 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 7 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$7.59$4.47 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$14.45 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $33Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $8

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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.14
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.08
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$10.96

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.