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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Kansas 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?

$3,870

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$537 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,318 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,128Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $479 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $708

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 21st of 50

$3,870

$708 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.