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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Oklahoma 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?

$4,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$490 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,380 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,120Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $525

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 16th of 50

$4,599

$525 physician + $4,074 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.