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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Colorado 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?

$4,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$977 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $562

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 18th of 50

$4,453

$562 physician + $3,890 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.