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Removal Of A Growth Or Scar Inside The Mouth

Kansas rates for HCPCS 40820

A growth or scar tissue in the area between the lips or cheeks and the gums, such as irritated tissue caused by a denture, is destroyed using a method like burning, freezing, or laser. This treats the local irritation without removing a larger piece of tissue. It's typically a quick, minor in-office procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Growth Or Scar Inside The Mouth cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$229 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$302 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,631Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $295

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
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
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$309

WI $794KY $186

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.