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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Minnesota 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?

$3,023

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$933$692 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,550Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $933

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
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 28th of 50

$3,023

$933 physician + $2,089 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.