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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Tennessee 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?

$2,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$501$437 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,622 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,888Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $501

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
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$2,900

$501 physician + $2,399 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.