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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Oklahoma 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?

$3,652

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,652 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$380 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,259 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,244Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 22nd of 50

$3,652

$490 physician + $3,162 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.