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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Wedge removal of a lip lesion with direct closure

CPT 40510the billing code this page is about

Cutting out a lip lesion as a crosswise wedge and stitching the edges back together.

Hospitals typically charge $2,261 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 493 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,451. Most fall between $833 and $4,559 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
493
States
45
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 493 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$551$896$2,261$4,165$6,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($551 vs $6,810).

How the prices are spread

$384 – $525: 11 hospitals$384$525 – $718: 54 hospitals$718 – $983: 48 hospitals$718$983 – $1,344: 55 hospitals$1,344 – $1,839: 27 hospitals$1,344$1,839 – $2,517: 47 hospitals$2,517 – $3,443: 33 hospitals$2,517$3,443 – $4,711: 100 hospitals$4,711 – $6,446: 38 hospitals$4,711$6,446 – $8,820: 43 hospitals$6,446median $2,261price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (456 of 493 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$384$52511
$525$71854
$718$98348
$983$1,34455
$1,344$1,83927
$1,839$2,51747
$2,517$3,44333
$3,443$4,711100
$4,711$6,44638
$6,446$8,82043

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$2,261
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,261.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,277 across 12 hospitalsMN$1,277Illinois: median $1,083 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,083Wisconsin: median $2,277 across 35 hospitalsWI$2,277Michigan: median $850 across 28 hospitalsMI$850New York: median $3,838 across 34 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,385 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,385Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,205 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,205Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,253 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,253Pennsylvania: median $638 across 20 hospitalsPA$638New Jersey: median $4,328 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,328Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,820 across 31 hospitalsCA$8,820Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $996 across 12 hospitalsNE$996Missouri: median $3,552 across 20 hospitalsMO$3,552Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $577 across 15 hospitalsOK$577Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,781 across 25 hospitalsTX$3,781Florida: median $2,432 across 14 hospitalsFL$2,432
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,261. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA31$8,820+290%$1,680 – $8,820
New Jersey NJ31$4,328+91%$3,593 – $5,419
New York NY34$3,838+70%$1,025 – $4,139
Texas TX25$3,781+67%$3,034 – $4,165
Missouri MO20$3,552+57%$679 – $3,815
Florida FL14$2,432+8%$1,253 – $3,827
Wisconsin WI35$2,277+1%$2,239 – $4,091
Oregon OR14$1,385−39%$894 – $1,506
Minnesota MN12$1,277−44%$851 – $3,677
Ohio OH14$1,253−45%$700 – $4,969
Iowa IA25$1,205−47%$899 – $1,205
Illinois IL20$1,083−52%$544 – $2,261
Nebraska NE12$996−56%$662 – $2,580
Michigan MI28$850−62%$850 – $4,559
Pennsylvania PA20$638−72%$217 – $5,036
Oklahoma OK15$577−74%$577 – $5,117
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,261.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care385$2,950$850 – $4,881
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access98$1,388$790 – $3,543
Ownership
For-profit41$3,090$656 – $5,269
Government85$1,544$860 – $3,838
Non-profit366$2,277$848 – $4,627
System affiliation
Part of a system402$2,389$850 – $4,742
Independent91$1,343$704 – $3,434

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,295
Median cash price$2,261
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

293 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,922 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,153; most fall between $679 and $4,505.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 293 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$544$894$1,922$3,815$7,268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($544 vs $7,268).

Of the 321 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 293 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

493 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 543 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted493
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code543

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Lip Transvrs Wedge Exc W/Prim Clsr.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Wedge removal of a lip lesion with direct closure (CPT 40510) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40510-wedge-removal-of-a-lip-lesion-with-direct-closure