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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Colorado 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 7 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$4.68$3.80 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$7.24 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $23
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $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
$3.16
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.71

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 39th of 51

$5.89

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.