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Newborn Skin Bilirubin Screening

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 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$5.25$4.37 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$6.46 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20facility $15professional $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
$8.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.23

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 37th 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.