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Burn Care, Small Area

South Dakota 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?

$438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$79.43 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$162 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $105 to $661Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $51 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $129

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
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 41st of 51

$438

$129 physician + $309 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.