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Burn Care, Small Area

West Virginia 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?

$624

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $624 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $74.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$74.13$54.95 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$479 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,047Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $49 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $74

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
$77.62
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$467.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 25th of 51

$624

$74.13 physician + $550 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.