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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Delaware 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?

$2,828

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,828 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$501 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$537 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,244Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $479 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 31st of 50

$2,828

$537 physician + $2,291 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.