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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Idaho 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?

$3,295

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,295 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$525 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$794 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,762Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 26th of 50

$3,295

$724 physician + $2,570 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.