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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Iowa 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?

$3,367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$912$708 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,122 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,413Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $912

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
$676.08
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,367

$912 physician + $2,455 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.