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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Texas 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?

$1,349

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $3,715.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 29th of 49

$1,349

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.