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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$501$490 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$676 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,370Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $468 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$676.08
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
10 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
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$2,015

$501 physician + $1,514 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.