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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 October 2026.

How much does Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding cost?

$3,060

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,060 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$661$550 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,445 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,943Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $661

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 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
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 14th of 51

$3,060

$661 physician + $2,399 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.