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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Nevada 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?

$2,663

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,663 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$525$437 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$813 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,467Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $708
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,138professional $525

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
$537.03
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 20th of 51

$2,663

$525 physician + $2,138 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.