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Lip Biopsy

Mississippi 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$97.72 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$91.20 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,072Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $68 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $132

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
$64.57
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
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
$32.36
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$135

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.