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Burn Care, Small Area

New Jersey 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?

$2,704

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,704 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $74.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$74.13$52.48 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$501 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $76 to $10,000Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $47 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $74

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
$72.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$489.78
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 3rd of 51

$2,704

$74.13 physician + $2,630 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.