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Burn Care, Small Area

Alabama 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?

$441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $69.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$69.18$52.48 to $79.43
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$209 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $52 to $1,259Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $47 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $69

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
$52.48
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 38th of 51

$441

$69.18 physician + $372 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.