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Lip Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$126 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$70.79 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $71 to $263Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $98 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $126professional $155

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
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.59

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 13th of 51

$151

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.