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Stopping Bleeding in the Throat

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42960

Controls bleeding at the back of the mouth and throat, most often after tonsil or adenoid surgery. The bleeding point is found and sealed, for example by cautery or a stitch, and the area is watched to be sure it stays dry. This covers the straightforward version, dealt with without a hospital admission or a return trip to the operating room.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stopping Bleeding in the Throat cost?

$1,303

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$229 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$575 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,607Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $158 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 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
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in New York than in Florida. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 11th of 51

$1,303

$490 physician + $813 facility

NY $2,729FL $440

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.