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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

New Jersey 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$5.75$4.27 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$7.59 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $69Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $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
$6.46
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$21.88
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.41

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 28th of 51

$6.46

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.