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Lip Biopsy

Florida rates for HCPCS 40490

This procedure removes a small sample of tissue from the lip to be examined in a lab. It is used to help diagnose a lesion, sore, or other abnormal area on the lip.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lip Biopsy cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $148 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$66.07 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$81.28 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $65 to $3,548Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $51 to $141
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $148professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.75

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$97.72

AK $316MD $95.50

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.