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Burn Care, Small Area

Kentucky 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?

$645

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $645 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $69.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$69.18$51.29 to $87.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$95.50 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,890Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $45 to $141
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $575professional $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
$69.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 23rd of 51

$645

$69.18 physician + $575 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.