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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Tennessee 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?

$3,017

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,738 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,607Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,455professional $562

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
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 50

$3,017

$562 physician + $2,455 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.