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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Rhode Island 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?

$3,897

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,897 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$550 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,239 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,495Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $661

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 50

$3,897

$661 physician + $3,236 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.