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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Maine 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?

$2,439

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$513 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,698 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,311Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,047
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,778professional $661

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
12 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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09

Where Maine 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

Maine· 25th of 51

$2,439

$661 physician + $1,778 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.