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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Colorado 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?

$5,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$372 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,236 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,333Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $363 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $513

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
$524.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$5,641

$513 physician + $5,129 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.