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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Alaska rates for HCPCS 40520

Removal of a growth or lesion from the lip using a V-shaped cut, with the resulting wound then brought together and closed directly in a simple line. This approach does not require borrowing or repositioning tissue from a nearby area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure cost?

$2,734

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$871 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$537 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $316 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 32nd of 50

$2,734

$1,288 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $7,363WV $946

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.