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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

California rates for HCPCS 16035

Cuts through the thick, stiff, leathery skin left by a deep burn to release the pressure building underneath. As a burned limb or chest swells, the rigid skin acts like a tight band that squeezes off blood flow or stops the chest expanding, and the release lets the tissue swell freely. This covers the first such incision; each further one is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin cost?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $8,318.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $13,804Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $398
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $219

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
$2,398.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where California sits

The same service costs 31.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 2nd of 49

$5,495

NJ $5,888WV $186

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.