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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Idaho 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?

$2,841

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,841 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$741 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$871 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,586Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $891

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
17 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
$288.40
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 17th of 51

$2,841

$891 physician + $1,950 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.