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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 October 2026.

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

$2,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$575 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$891 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,012Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $490 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $661

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
3 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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$2,523

$661 physician + $1,862 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.