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Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$95.50$63.10 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$110 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $55 to $2,188Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $45 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $95

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
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
$22.39
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$100

AK $263KY $81.28

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.