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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Georgia 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?

$3,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$603$525 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,244Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $603

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
$851.14
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 23rd of 50

$3,765

$603 physician + $3,162 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.