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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

New Mexico 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?

$3,173

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$2,512$1,380 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,023Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $661

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
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
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
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 15th of 51

$3,173

$661 physician + $2,512 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.