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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Tennessee 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?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $2,399.

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 $1,778 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778

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
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 49

$1,778

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.