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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Montana 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?

$1,368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$676$589 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$617 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $603 to $933Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,368

$676 physician + $692 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.