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Burn Care, Small Area

New Mexico 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?

$555

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$97.72$66.07 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$100 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,380Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $52 to $309
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $457professional $98

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
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 30th of 51

$555

$97.72 physician + $457 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.