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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Illinois 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?

$2,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 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 $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$891 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,623Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$512.86
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 40th of 50

$2,261

$562 physician + $1,698 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.