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Burn Care, Small Area

Rhode Island 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?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $58.88 to $91.20.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,802Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $49 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $71

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$75.86

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.