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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

North Dakota 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?

$1,478

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$501 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$501 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,511Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $977

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
$501.19
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,478

$977 physician + $501 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.