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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Alabama 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?

$1,938

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,938 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$490 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,318 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,042Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $589

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 41st of 51

$1,938

$589 physician + $1,349 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.