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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Kentucky 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $2,692.

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 $2,089 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089

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
$186.21
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 21st of 49

$2,089

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.