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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Missouri 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?

$3,977

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$589$513 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,950 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,318Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $589

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 19th of 50

$3,977

$589 physician + $3,388 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.