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Procedure price report · Debridement of wound, infection or burn

Burn dressing change and cleaning, small area

CPT 16020the billing code this page is about

Dressing change, with or without removal of dead tissue, for a burn covering less than about 5 percent of the body surface; billed per treatment session.

Hospitals typically charge $251 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,955 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $267. Most fall between $126 and $480 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,955
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,955 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$89$144$251$416$650

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($89 vs $650).

How the prices are spread

$66 – $85: 127 hospitals$66$85 – $110: 190 hospitals$110 – $142: 248 hospitals$110$142 – $183: 296 hospitals$183 – $237: 408 hospitals$183$237 – $306: 363 hospitals$306 – $395: 369 hospitals$306$395 – $511: 275 hospitals$511 – $660: 254 hospitals$511$660 – $853: 132 hospitals$660median $251price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,662 of 2,955 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$66$85127
$85$110190
$110$142248
$142$183296
$183$237408
$237$306363
$306$395369
$395$511275
$511$660254
$660$853132

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$251
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $251.

Alaska: median $391 across 17 hospitalsAK$391Maine: median $140 across 22 hospitalsME$140Vermont: median $212 across 12 hospitalsVT$212New Hampshire: median $96 across 19 hospitalsNH$96Washington: median $288 across 77 hospitalsWA$288Idaho: median $178 across 23 hospitalsID$178Montana: median $150 across 33 hospitalsMT$150North Dakota: median $245 across 27 hospitalsND$245Minnesota: median $241 across 99 hospitalsMN$241Illinois: median $292 across 126 hospitalsIL$292Wisconsin: median $158 across 102 hospitalsWI$158Michigan: median $257 across 88 hospitalsMI$257New York: median $282 across 101 hospitalsNY$282Massachusetts: median $302 across 46 hospitalsMA$302Oregon: median $162 across 55 hospitalsOR$162Nevada: median $218 across 19 hospitalsNV$218Wyoming: median $183 across 15 hospitalsWY$183South Dakota: median $233 across 38 hospitalsSD$233Iowa: median $194 across 84 hospitalsIA$194Indiana: median $223 across 73 hospitalsIN$223Ohio: median $338 across 140 hospitalsOH$338Pennsylvania: median $305 across 125 hospitalsPA$305New Jersey: median $266 across 56 hospitalsNJ$266Connecticut: median $300 across 22 hospitalsCT$300Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $448 across 161 hospitalsCA$448Utah: median $307 across 31 hospitalsUT$307Colorado: median $275 across 59 hospitalsCO$275Nebraska: median $180 across 71 hospitalsNE$180Missouri: median $198 across 73 hospitalsMO$198Kentucky: median $199 across 53 hospitalsKY$199West Virginia: median $238 across 39 hospitalsWV$238Virginia: median $219 across 57 hospitalsVA$219Maryland: median $571 across 11 hospitalsMD$571Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $188 across 32 hospitalsAZ$188New Mexico: median $299 across 29 hospitalsNM$299Kansas: median $138 across 79 hospitalsKS$138Arkansas: median $162 across 35 hospitalsAR$162Tennessee: median $98 across 57 hospitalsTN$98North Carolina: median $227 across 76 hospitalsNC$227South Carolina: median $325 across 45 hospitalsSC$325Oklahoma: median $218 across 69 hospitalsOK$218Louisiana: median $187 across 47 hospitalsLA$187Mississippi: median $122 across 52 hospitalsMS$122Alabama: median $257 across 38 hospitalsAL$257Georgia: median $281 across 92 hospitalsGA$281Hawaii: median $475 across 16 hospitalsHI$475Texas: median $266 across 189 hospitalsTX$266Florida: median $484 across 109 hospitalsFL$484
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $251. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD11$571+128%$246 – $918
Florida FL109$484+93%$173 – $798
Hawaii HI16$475+89%$332 – $641
California CA161$448+78%$256 – $827
Alaska AK17$391+56%$203 – $488
Ohio OH140$338+35%$163 – $462
South Carolina SC45$325+30%$267 – $570
Utah UT31$307+22%$291 – $363
Pennsylvania PA125$305+21%$132 – $604
Massachusetts MA46$302+20%$214 – $541
Connecticut CT22$300+20%$179 – $416
New Mexico NM29$299+19%$158 – $490
Illinois IL126$292+16%$133 – $448
Washington WA77$288+15%$160 – $427
New York NY101$282+12%$106 – $608
Georgia GA92$281+12%$111 – $670
Colorado CO59$275+10%$137 – $411
New Jersey NJ56$266+6%$220 – $4,350
Texas TX189$266+6%$167 – $545
Michigan MI88$257+2%$83 – $401
Alabama AL38$257+2%$128 – $427
North Dakota ND27$245−2%$153 – $354
Minnesota MN99$241−4%$136 – $362
West Virginia WV39$238−5%$153 – $406
South Dakota SD38$233−7%$169 – $334
North Carolina NC76$227−9%$150 – $394
Indiana IN73$223−11%$103 – $450
Virginia VA57$219−13%$128 – $392
Oklahoma OK69$218−13%$98 – $405
Nevada NV19$218−13%$108 – $350
Vermont VT12$212−16%$123 – $510
Kentucky KY53$199−21%$118 – $367
Missouri MO73$198−21%$122 – $384
Iowa IA84$194−23%$109 – $341
Arizona AZ32$188−25%$97 – $657
Louisiana LA47$187−26%$103 – $263
Wyoming WY15$183−27%$68 – $277
Nebraska NE71$180−28%$139 – $303
Idaho ID23$178−29%$102 – $556
Arkansas AR35$162−35%$96 – $478
Oregon OR55$162−35%$125 – $313
Wisconsin WI102$158−37%$127 – $375
Montana MT33$150−40%$100 – $271
Maine ME22$140−44%$83 – $219
Kansas KS79$138−45%$103 – $328
Mississippi MS52$122−51%$89 – $278
Tennessee TN57$98−61%$76 – $297
New Hampshire NH19$96−62%$74 – $206
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $251.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,992$287$144 – $549
Children’s61$350$202 – $618
Critical access893$184$105 – $334
Ownership
For-profit296$323$152 – $792
Government597$193$105 – $347
Non-profit2,053$266$133 – $473
System affiliation
Part of a system2,360$273$139 – $501
Independent595$184$103 – $388

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$438
Median cash price$251
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,174 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $284 and the average of the middle 60% is $295; most fall between $142 and $514.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,174 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$97$161$284$458$646

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($97 vs $646).

Of the 2,325 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,174 gave a usable cash price; 52 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 98 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,955 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (75%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,160 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,955
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here86
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded110
Hospitals that filed this code3,160

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Debridement of wound, infection or burn family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drs&/Dbrdmt Prtl-Thkns Burns 1st/Sbsq Small.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Burn dressing change and cleaning, small area (CPT 16020) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-16020-burn-dressing-change-and-cleaning-small-area