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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Michigan 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?

$4,623

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$490 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$4,074 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $646 to $5,754Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $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
$645.65
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 50

$4,623

$550 physician + $4,074 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.