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Burn Care, Small Area

Utah 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?

$606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $81.28 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$81.28$57.54 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$479 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,890Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $47 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $81

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
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23

Where Utah 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

Utah· 26th of 51

$606

$81.28 physician + $525 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.