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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88720

This test uses a small handheld sensor placed against the skin to estimate the level of bilirubin, a yellow pigment that builds up in newborn jaundice. It gives a quick reading without needing a blood draw, making it a convenient way to screen babies for jaundice before deciding whether a blood test is needed. Elevated readings prompt closer monitoring or further blood testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $2.63 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$11.22$6.92 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.63$2.63 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $35Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $3professional $11

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
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.22
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$32.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.14

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Nebraska 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.

Alaska· 14th of 51

$8.51

NE $16.60DC $3.80

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.