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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Montana 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?

$339

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $331 to $347.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $295 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $339

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 44th of 49

$339

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.