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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Minnesota 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$5.89$5.01 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$5.01 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $37Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $6

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
$4.68
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$6.03

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.