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Releasing Incision Through Burned Skin

Wisconsin 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?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $3,388.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,754Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $427

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
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,778.28
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 19th of 49

$2,512

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.