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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Massachusetts 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?

$2,409

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$631$457 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$501 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,898Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $631

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
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 50

$2,409

$631 physician + $1,778 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.