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Burn Care, Small Area

Massachusetts 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?

$467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$69.18 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$85.11 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $63 to $3,236Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $56 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $112

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
$63.10
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$467

$112 physician + $355 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.