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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 July 2026.

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

$1,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$676$490 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$759 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,479Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,288
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $871professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMontana $1,547 · 44th of 50
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.