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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Indiana 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?

$7,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$468$363 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$3,981 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $832 to $10,471Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $331 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $468

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
$389.05
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$7,075

$468 physician + $6,607 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.