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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 July 2026.

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

$7,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$589$525 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,715 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $741 to $13,490Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $589

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 3rd of 50

$7,045

$589 physician + $6,457 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.