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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

New York 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?

$3,867

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$427 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,622 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,762Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $479

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
15 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
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$109.65
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03

Where New York 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

New York· 8th of 51

$3,867

$479 physician + $3,388 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.