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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Ohio 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$398 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$794 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,244Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $324 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $501

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$2,086

$501 physician + $1,585 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.