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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Arizona 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?

$3,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$417 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,905 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,761Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $490

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$3,510

$490 physician + $3,020 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.