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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Kansas 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?

$3,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$550$437 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$851 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,128Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $550

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
$616.60
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 20th of 50

$3,712

$550 physician + $3,162 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.