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Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions

Alabama rates for HCPCS 10040

Multiple acne lesions, such as blackheads, whiteheads, small cysts, or pustules, are opened and cleared out during a single office visit, rather than treating a single spot. It is a minor procedure aimed at relieving inflamed or clogged acne lesions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $372 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$56.23 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$263 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,585Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $50 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 40th of 51

$100

AK $209DE $87.10

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.