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Burn Care, Small Area

Tennessee 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?

$1,289

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$87.10$64.57 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$447 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,818Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $49 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $87

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
$104.71
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$1,289

$87.10 physician + $1,202 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.