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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Minnesota 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?

$3,264

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,175$794 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $1,175

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 26th of 50

$3,264

$1,175 physician + $2,089 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.