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Minor Procedure To Clear Multiple Acne Lesions

Kansas 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$110$85.11 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$191 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $62 to $1,288Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $55 to $178
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $110

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
$93.33
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
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
$35.48
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$109.65

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$126

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.