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Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions

Iowa 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$95.50 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$178 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,905Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $71 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $132

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
$79.43
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
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
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$141

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.