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Burn Care, Small Area

South Carolina 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?

$598

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$85.11$60.26 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$115 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $72 to $5,623Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $52 to $209
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $513professional $85

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
$588.84
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$598

$85.11 physician + $513 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.