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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Utah 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?

$5,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$525 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$3,388 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,913Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $692

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
$691.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 50

$5,369

$692 physician + $4,677 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.