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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Connecticut 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?

$4,439

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$891$724 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,445 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,586Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $891

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$4,439

$891 physician + $3,548 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.