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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Minnesota 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?

$2,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$708 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$537 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $1,023

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
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$2,502

$1,023 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.