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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Nebraska 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?

$3,439

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,148$871 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,122 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $1,148

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$3,439

$1,148 physician + $2,291 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.