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Burn Care, Small Area

Minnesota 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?

$440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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$151$102 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$162 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $85 to $741Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $151

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
$53.70
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$440

$151 physician + $288 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.