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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Iowa 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?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $4,467.

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 $3,090 · 10th to 90th $355 to $6,761Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $182 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $355

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 49

$2,818

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.