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Procedure price report · Debridement of wound, infection or burn

Burn dressing change and cleaning, large area

CPT 16030the billing code this page is about

Dressing change, with or without removal of dead tissue, for a burn covering more than about 10 percent of the body surface; billed per treatment session.

Hospitals typically charge $473 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,416 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $504. Most fall between $259 and $858 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,416
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 2,416 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
$171$297$473$779$1,189

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($171 vs $1,189).

How the prices are spread

$131 – $169: 117 hospitals$131$169 – $217: 120 hospitals$217 – $279: 171 hospitals$217$279 – $359: 254 hospitals$359 – $461: 358 hospitals$359$461 – $593: 392 hospitals$593 – $763: 265 hospitals$593$763 – $982: 249 hospitals$982 – $1,263: 148 hospitals$982$1,263 – $1,624: 102 hospitals$1,263median $473price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,176 of 2,416 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$131$169117
$169$217120
$217$279171
$279$359254
$359$461358
$461$593392
$593$763265
$763$982249
$982$1,263148
$1,263$1,624102

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$473
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $473.

Alaska: median $676 across 14 hospitalsAK$676Maine: median $290 across 20 hospitalsME$290Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $171 across 14 hospitalsNH$171Washington: median $520 across 69 hospitalsWA$520Idaho: median $584 across 19 hospitalsID$584Montana: median $318 across 22 hospitalsMT$318North Dakota: median $518 across 19 hospitalsND$518Minnesota: median $400 across 78 hospitalsMN$400Illinois: median $515 across 111 hospitalsIL$515Wisconsin: median $511 across 90 hospitalsWI$511Michigan: median $420 across 76 hospitalsMI$420New York: median $564 across 87 hospitalsNY$564Massachusetts: median $541 across 37 hospitalsMA$541Oregon: median $419 across 48 hospitalsOR$419Nevada: median $442 across 15 hospitalsNV$442Wyoming: median $439 across 13 hospitalsWY$439South Dakota: median $555 across 21 hospitalsSD$555Iowa: median $375 across 63 hospitalsIA$375Indiana: median $427 across 57 hospitalsIN$427Ohio: median $640 across 119 hospitalsOH$640Pennsylvania: median $784 across 100 hospitalsPA$784New Jersey: median $986 across 52 hospitalsNJ$986Connecticut: median $465 across 16 hospitalsCT$465Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $723 across 144 hospitalsCA$723Utah: median $584 across 29 hospitalsUT$584Colorado: median $453 across 48 hospitalsCO$453Nebraska: median $394 across 46 hospitalsNE$394Missouri: median $448 across 64 hospitalsMO$448Kentucky: median $427 across 40 hospitalsKY$427West Virginia: median $450 across 31 hospitalsWV$450Virginia: median $392 across 52 hospitalsVA$392Maryland: median $517 across 12 hospitalsMD$517Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $644 across 24 hospitalsAZ$644New Mexico: median $334 across 17 hospitalsNM$334Kansas: median $376 across 62 hospitalsKS$376Arkansas: median $298 across 22 hospitalsAR$298Tennessee: median $229 across 42 hospitalsTN$229North Carolina: median $332 across 54 hospitalsNC$332South Carolina: median $582 across 42 hospitalsSC$582Oklahoma: median $340 across 56 hospitalsOK$340Louisiana: median $208 across 39 hospitalsLA$208Mississippi: median $259 across 45 hospitalsMS$259Alabama: median $322 across 32 hospitalsAL$322Georgia: median $689 across 78 hospitalsGA$689Hawaii: median $954 across 14 hospitalsHI$954Texas: median $512 across 157 hospitalsTX$512Florida: median $884 across 82 hospitalsFL$884
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $473. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ52$986+109%$443 – $3,986
Hawaii HI14$954+102%$845 – $1,460
Florida FL82$884+87%$347 – $1,150
Pennsylvania PA100$784+66%$415 – $1,545
California CA144$723+53%$419 – $1,262
Georgia GA78$689+46%$291 – $853
Alaska AK14$676+43%$287 – $1,096
Arizona AZ24$644+36%$325 – $2,609
Ohio OH119$640+35%$337 – $817
Idaho ID19$584+24%$214 – $1,117
Utah UT29$584+24%$532 – $617
South Carolina SC42$582+23%$351 – $964
New York NY87$564+19%$345 – $1,189
South Dakota SD21$555+17%$424 – $882
Massachusetts MA37$541+14%$303 – $895
Washington WA69$520+10%$346 – $783
North Dakota ND19$518+9%$270 – $660
Maryland MD12$517+9%$484 – $1,358
Illinois IL111$515+9%$267 – $750
Texas TX157$512+8%$406 – $882
Wisconsin WI90$511+8%$253 – $602
Connecticut CT16$465−2%$410 – $1,001
Colorado CO48$453−4%$344 – $934
West Virginia WV31$450−5%$148 – $613
Missouri MO64$448−5%$280 – $850
Nevada NV15$442−7%$234 – $700
Wyoming WY13$439−7%$170 – $617
Indiana IN57$427−10%$211 – $862
Kentucky KY40$427−10%$251 – $616
Michigan MI76$420−11%$183 – $611
Oregon OR48$419−11%$316 – $656
Minnesota MN78$400−15%$304 – $513
Nebraska NE46$394−17%$237 – $470
Virginia VA52$392−17%$156 – $640
Kansas KS62$376−20%$202 – $602
Iowa IA63$375−21%$259 – $474
Oklahoma OK56$340−28%$148 – $570
New Mexico NM17$334−29%$203 – $2,438
North Carolina NC54$332−30%$275 – $646
Alabama AL32$322−32%$134 – $791
Montana MT22$318−33%$187 – $455
Arkansas AR22$298−37%$194 – $506
Maine ME20$290−39%$211 – $508
Mississippi MS45$259−45%$162 – $469
Tennessee TN42$229−51%$102 – $508
Louisiana LA39$208−56%$120 – $374
New Hampshire NH14$171−64%$136 – $435
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not 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 $473.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,692$517$281 – $956
Children’s58$692$342 – $1,759
Critical access659$397$213 – $598
Ownership
For-profit219$597$284 – $1,448
Government465$402$215 – $687
Non-profit1,725$482$270 – $860
System affiliation
Part of a system1,922$504$281 – $884
Independent494$393$214 – $703

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$770
Median cash price$473
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

1,809 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $518 and the average of the middle 60% is $540; most fall between $281 and $886.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,809 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
$196$325$518$813$1,237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($196 vs $1,237).

Of the 1,942 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,809 gave a usable cash price; 45 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 87 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,416 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,596 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,416
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here81
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded97
Hospitals that filed this code2,596

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 September 4, 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 Large.

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, large area (CPT 16030) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-16030-burn-dressing-change-and-cleaning-large-area