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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Iowa 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?

$4,526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$724$525 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,122 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,943Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,818
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,802professional $724

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $4,526 · 17th of 50
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.