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Urine Chloride Test

West 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$4.57$4.27 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$22.39 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $9 to $72Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $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
$20.89
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$33.88
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.08

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$44.67

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.