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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Arkansas 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?

$2,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$550$490 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,175 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,236Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $468 to $794
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $550

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
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25

Where Arkansas 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 feeArkansas $2,369 · 34th 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.