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Urine Chloride Test

Vermont 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$4.37$4.37 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$14.13 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $6 to $85Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 50th of 51

$4.37

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.