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Burn Care, Small Area

Michigan 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?

$274

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $274 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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$79.43$64.57 to $97.72
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$100 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,202Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $49 to $135
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $195professional $79

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
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 49th of 51

$274

$79.43 physician + $195 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.