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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Montana 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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$9.33$6.76 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$6.76 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7professional $9

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
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.41

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$8.91

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.