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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Oregon 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?

$1,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$912$776 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$851 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,754Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $912

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
12 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
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 43rd of 51

$1,912

$912 physician + $1,000 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.