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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Connecticut 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?

$5,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$724$501 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,169 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $8,511Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $724

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 7th of 50

$5,973

$724 physician + $5,248 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.