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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Kentucky 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?

$2,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$447$355 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,413 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,365Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 31st of 50

$2,738

$447 physician + $2,291 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.