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Burn Care, Small Area

Colorado 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?

$1,434

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$85.11$58.88 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$302 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $81 to $5,888Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $51 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $85

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
$81.28
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 51

$1,434

$85.11 physician + $1,349 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.