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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Nevada 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?

$2,728

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,728 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$490$389 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$724 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,248Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $490

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
$371.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 33rd of 50

$2,728

$490 physician + $2,239 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.