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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

South Carolina 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?

$2,328

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,328 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$427 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$955 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,244Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $363 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $550

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
$602.56
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
11 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
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$2,328

$550 physician + $1,778 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.