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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Montana 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?

$1,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$813$525 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$759 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,862Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $85 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $813

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
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
$239.88
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,589

$813 physician + $776 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.