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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Georgia 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?

$2,220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$741$562 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$832 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,012Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $741

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
$562.34
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 34th of 51

$2,220

$741 physician + $1,479 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.