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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Georgia 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?

$3,653

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,653 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$562$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,079Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $562

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
$588.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 21st of 50

$3,653

$562 physician + $3,090 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.