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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Florida 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?

$1,886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$407$355 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $525 to $11,749Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $776
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $407

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
$630.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
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
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19

Where Florida 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

Florida· 45th of 51

$1,886

$407 physician + $1,479 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.