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Urine Chloride Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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 8 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 $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$5.75 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $72Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $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
$4.90
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.25

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.