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Burn Care, Small Area

Maryland 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?

$87.10

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $145.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $55 to $603Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $51 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $87professional $89

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
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$87.10

OK $209DC $69.18

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.