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Lip Biopsy

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$123$83.18 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$178 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $95 to $4,677Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $123

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
$128.82
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.88

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 21st 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.