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Urine Chloride Test

Utah 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$4.57$4.37 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$11.48 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $5 to $48Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$5.25
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$9.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$23.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.41
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 40th of 51

$5.01

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.