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Burn Care, Small Area

Alaska rates for HCPCS 16020

Cleaning, dressing changes, and/or removal of damaged tissue for a partial-thickness burn covering a small area, generally under about 5% of the body's total skin surface. This can be an initial treatment or a follow-up visit as the burn heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Burn Care, Small Area cost?

$626

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$123 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$263 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $78 to $891Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $63 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $427professional $200

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
$263.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 21.6 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 24th of 51

$626

$200 physician + $427 facility

CA $3,800MD $176

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.