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Complicated Control of Bleeding in the Throat

Kansas rates for HCPCS 42961

Stops bleeding at the back of the mouth and throat, most often after a tonsil operation, in a situation serious enough to require admission to hospital. The bleeding point is located and sealed, and the person is kept in for observation, fluids, and further treatment as needed. Bleeding in that area can be heavy and can restart without warning.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complicated Control of Bleeding in the Throat cost?

$2,021

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$479 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$724 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,623Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $575

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
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
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Maine than in Montana. 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

Kansas· 35th of 51

$2,021

$575 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $15,328MT $1,322

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.