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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Utah 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?

$4,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$417 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,455 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,026Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $525

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
$478.63
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95

Where Utah 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

Utah· 17th of 50

$4,240

$525 physician + $3,715 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.