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Burn Care, Small Area

Georgia 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?

$2,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$83.18$61.66 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $93 to $5,370Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $51 to $182
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $83

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
$72.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 4th of 51

$2,538

$83.18 physician + $2,455 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.