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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42972

A procedure to control bleeding from the back of the nose and upper throat area that requires a return trip to the operating room, typically after an earlier attempt to stop the bleeding was not enough. It is a more involved intervention than simple packing or cautery done at bedside. This is often needed after significant nosebleeds or as a complication following other ear, nose, and throat surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding cost?

$1,989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$1,230$525 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$589 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,818
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $759professional $1,230

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
$1,659.59
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,989 · 37th of 50
IN $8,312WV $1,038

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.