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Return Surgery to Stop Nasal-Passage Bleeding

Vermont 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?

$562

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $589.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $513 to $708
$500$1Kprofessional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 46th of 51

$562

CA $1,445WV $501

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.