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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Michigan 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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$7.94$5.01 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$4.79 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $26
$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $8

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
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.91
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.12

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$7.08

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.