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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 October 2026.

How much does Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding cost?

$3,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,096$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,096 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,096

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
$851.14
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$3,667

$1,096 physician + $2,570 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.