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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 40530

Surgery performed as treatment that removes more than one-fourth of the lip. Rebuilding the lip afterward is not part of this service; reconstruction, when needed, is its own procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip cost?

$5,000

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$832$646 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,570 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$5,000

$832 physician + $4,169 facility

OK $6,614MT $1,440

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.