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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Washington 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?

$490

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $2,951.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $9,120
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $490

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
$251.19
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 41st of 49

$490

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.