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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Virginia 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?

$2,688

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,688 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$501 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$933 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,166Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $468 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,981.07
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$2,688

$550 physician + $2,138 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.