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Complicated Posterior Nosebleed Control In Hospital

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42971

Heavy bleeding from deep at the back of the nose is brought under control with packing placed behind the nasal cavity and sealing of the bleeding vessel. This covers the more involved situation in which the bleeding cannot be handled as an outpatient and the person is admitted to hospital for the treatment and for monitoring afterwards. Bleeding from this part of the nose is harder to reach and more dangerous than a common nosebleed from the front.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complicated Posterior Nosebleed Control In Hospital cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$1,096$468 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$525 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,479Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $1,096

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
$1,348.96
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$1,000

CA $1,148WV $447

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.