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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Massachusetts 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?

$1,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$871$617 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$603 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,677Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $871

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
8 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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$1,967

$871 physician + $1,096 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.