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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 October 2026.

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

$4,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,698$741 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,692 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,698

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
$2,691.53
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$251.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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· 4th of 51

$4,934

$1,698 physician + $3,236 facility

CO $5,057DE $1,284

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.