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Burn Care, Small Area

Iowa 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?

$546

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$129$79.43 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$162 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $98 to $6,026Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $63 to $398
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $129

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
$109.65
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 31st of 51

$546

$129 physician + $417 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.