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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Florida 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?

$6,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$427$355 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,950 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,804Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $316 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $427

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
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03

Where Florida 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

Florida· 6th of 50

$6,181

$427 physician + $5,754 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.