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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

New Mexico 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?

$2,639

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,639 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 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$550$513 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$631 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,710Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $550

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
$812.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 35th of 50

$2,639

$550 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.