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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Arizona 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?

$3,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$490 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,122 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,607Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $537

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arizona· 24th of 50

$3,627

$537 physician + $3,090 facility

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.