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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 October 2026.

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

$4,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$575$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,514 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,233Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $575

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
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
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$4,941

$575 physician + $4,365 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.