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Removal of More Than One-Fourth of the Lip

Virginia 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?

$3,488

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$437 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,072 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,550Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $537

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
$602.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
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
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,488

$537 physician + $2,951 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.