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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Indiana 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?

$8,312

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$501 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,677 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $11,220Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $468 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $550

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
$549.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$8,312

$550 physician + $7,762 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.