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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 October 2026.

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

$4,926

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$355$302 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,698 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,511Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $269 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $355

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
$691.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$4,926

$355 physician + $4,571 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.