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Procedure price report · Control of epistaxis

Simple treatment of a nosebleed at the front of the nose

CPT 30901the billing code this page is about

Stopping bleeding from the front of the nasal cavity with a straightforward method such as cautery, a topical medicine, or limited packing.

Hospitals typically charge $236 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,751 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $250. Most fall between $128 and $440 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,751
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,751 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$92$142$236$388$644

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($92 vs $644).

How the prices are spread

$66 – $86: 111 hospitals$66$86 – $114: 214 hospitals$114 – $150: 291 hospitals$114$150 – $197: 380 hospitals$197 – $260: 347 hospitals$197$260 – $342: 406 hospitals$342 – $450: 343 hospitals$342$450 – $592: 213 hospitals$592 – $780: 112 hospitals$592$780 – $1,027: 62 hospitals$780median $236price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,479 of 2,751 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$66$86111
$86$114214
$114$150291
$150$197380
$197$260347
$260$342406
$342$450343
$450$592213
$592$780112
$780$1,02762

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$136
Median cash price$236
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.74×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $236.

Alaska: median $428 across 15 hospitalsAK$428Maine: median $143 across 22 hospitalsME$143Vermont: median $226 across 12 hospitalsVT$226New Hampshire: median $125 across 20 hospitalsNH$125Washington: median $256 across 70 hospitalsWA$256Idaho: median $213 across 21 hospitalsID$213Montana: median $163 across 32 hospitalsMT$163North Dakota: median $182 across 29 hospitalsND$182Minnesota: median $253 across 97 hospitalsMN$253Illinois: median $237 across 118 hospitalsIL$237Wisconsin: median $204 across 89 hospitalsWI$204Michigan: median $178 across 77 hospitalsMI$178New York: median $222 across 101 hospitalsNY$222Massachusetts: median $299 across 42 hospitalsMA$299Oregon: median $262 across 53 hospitalsOR$262Nevada: median $253 across 15 hospitalsNV$253Wyoming: median $176 across 14 hospitalsWY$176South Dakota: median $312 across 36 hospitalsSD$312Iowa: median $191 across 87 hospitalsIA$191Indiana: median $202 across 55 hospitalsIN$202Ohio: median $298 across 110 hospitalsOH$298Pennsylvania: median $299 across 116 hospitalsPA$299New Jersey: median $369 across 54 hospitalsNJ$369Connecticut: median $265 across 19 hospitalsCT$265Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $467 across 141 hospitalsCA$467Utah: median $236 across 29 hospitalsUT$236Colorado: median $279 across 56 hospitalsCO$279Nebraska: median $244 across 78 hospitalsNE$244Missouri: median $157 across 63 hospitalsMO$157Kentucky: median $253 across 48 hospitalsKY$253West Virginia: median $184 across 39 hospitalsWV$184Virginia: median $216 across 62 hospitalsVA$216Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $190 across 29 hospitalsAZ$190New Mexico: median $247 across 29 hospitalsNM$247Kansas: median $167 across 79 hospitalsKS$167Arkansas: median $202 across 36 hospitalsAR$202Tennessee: median $150 across 53 hospitalsTN$150North Carolina: median $221 across 65 hospitalsNC$221South Carolina: median $262 across 44 hospitalsSC$262Oklahoma: median $194 across 67 hospitalsOK$194Louisiana: median $154 across 48 hospitalsLA$154Mississippi: median $132 across 52 hospitalsMS$132Alabama: median $184 across 27 hospitalsAL$184Georgia: median $338 across 89 hospitalsGA$338Hawaii: median $308 across 18 hospitalsHI$308Texas: median $285 across 177 hospitalsTX$285Florida: median $409 across 99 hospitalsFL$409
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $236. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA141$467+98%$232 – $734
Alaska AK15$428+81%$195 – $569
Florida FL99$409+73%$194 – $1,244
New Jersey NJ54$369+56%$143 – $3,986
Georgia GA89$338+43%$121 – $712
South Dakota SD36$312+32%$168 – $390
Hawaii HI18$308+30%$205 – $493
Massachusetts MA42$299+27%$190 – $478
Pennsylvania PA116$299+27%$136 – $521
Ohio OH110$298+26%$163 – $400
Texas TX177$285+21%$132 – $498
Colorado CO56$279+18%$140 – $376
Connecticut CT19$265+12%$136 – $344
South Carolina SC44$262+11%$159 – $374
Oregon OR53$262+11%$137 – $314
Washington WA70$256+8%$151 – $373
Minnesota MN97$253+7%$136 – $387
Nevada NV15$253+7%$144 – $433
Kentucky KY48$253+7%$142 – $342
New Mexico NM29$247+5%$170 – $861
Nebraska NE78$244+3%$174 – $312
Illinois IL118$2370%$128 – $454
Utah UT29$2360%$212 – $313
Vermont VT12$226−4%$142 – $500
New York NY101$222−6%$136 – $372
North Carolina NC65$221−6%$123 – $286
Virginia VA62$216−8%$113 – $469
Idaho ID21$213−10%$101 – $360
Wisconsin WI89$204−14%$99 – $310
Indiana IN55$202−14%$142 – $330
Arkansas AR36$202−15%$119 – $319
Oklahoma OK67$194−18%$82 – $480
Iowa IA87$191−19%$105 – $302
Arizona AZ29$190−19%$163 – $719
Alabama AL27$184−22%$118 – $1,171
West Virginia WV39$184−22%$143 – $352
North Dakota ND29$182−23%$134 – $288
Michigan MI77$178−25%$80 – $338
Wyoming WY14$176−25%$71 – $296
Kansas KS79$167−29%$100 – $279
Montana MT32$163−31%$112 – $260
Missouri MO63$157−33%$107 – $425
Louisiana LA48$154−35%$74 – $269
Tennessee TN53$150−37%$77 – $247
Maine ME22$143−39%$112 – $243
Mississippi MS52$132−44%$70 – $192
New Hampshire NH20$125−47%$66 – $256
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $236.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,815$265$134 – $482
Children’s47$296$170 – $521
Critical access881$200$109 – $312
Ownership
For-profit300$328$154 – $814
Government575$200$114 – $338
Non-profit1,868$244$128 – $438
System affiliation
Part of a system2,180$253$133 – $454
Independent571$190$107 – $354

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$380
Median cash price$236
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,008 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $269 and the average of the middle 60% is $277; most fall between $136 and $462.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,008 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$99$154$269$412$623

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($99 vs $623).

Of the 2,158 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,008 gave a usable cash price; 51 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 99 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,751 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (70%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,951 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,751
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here80
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded111
Hospitals that filed this code2,951

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Control of epistaxis family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Control Nasal Hemorrhage Anterior Simple.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Simple treatment of a nosebleed at the front of the nose (CPT 30901) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-30901-simple-treatment-of-a-nosebleed-at-the-front-of-the-nose