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Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions

Connecticut 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 6 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$129$87.10 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,692 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $229 to $10,471Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $66 to $372
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $129

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
$229.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$33,884.42
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 8th of 51

$132

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.