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Urine Chloride Test

Tennessee 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?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$4.37$4.27 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$4.57 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $50Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$4.57
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$4.57

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.