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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Missouri 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?

$2,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$537$417 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,122 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,248Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $537

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
$467.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 34th of 50

$2,675

$537 physician + $2,138 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.