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V-Shaped Lip Lesion Removal With Direct Closure

Vermont 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?

$537

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $661.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $741
$500$1Kprofessional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 40th of 51

$537

CA $2,692WV $468

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.