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Burn Care, Small Area

Vermont 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?

$91.20

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $117.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $339 to $427Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $55 to $162
$100$200facility $339professional $91

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 38th of 51

$91.20

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.