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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$4.79$3.80 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$5.01 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$13.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.41

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 33rd 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.