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Burn Care, Small Area

Louisiana 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?

$789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $81.28 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$81.28$63.10 to $97.72
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$288 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $83 to $3,467Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $54 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $81

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
$66.07
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$789

$81.28 physician + $708 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.