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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Complicated control of mouth or throat bleeding

CPT 42961the billing code this page is about

More involved treatment to stop bleeding at the back of the mouth or throat, of a severity that requires hospital admission.

Hospitals typically charge $1,058 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 309 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,199. Most fall between $633 and $2,300 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
309
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 309 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
$433$682$1,058$2,133$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($433 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$357 – $494: 26 hospitals$357$494 – $684: 38 hospitals$684 – $948: 48 hospitals$684$948 – $1,313: 62 hospitals$1,313 – $1,818: 34 hospitals$1,313$1,818 – $2,518: 29 hospitals$2,518 – $3,487: 14 hospitals$2,518$3,487 – $4,829: 12 hospitals$4,829 – $6,688: 11 hospitals$4,829$6,688 – $9,263: 5 hospitals$6,688median $1,058price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (279 of 309 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$357$49426
$494$68438
$684$94848
$948$1,31362
$1,313$1,81834
$1,818$2,51829
$2,518$3,48714
$3,487$4,82912
$4,829$6,68811
$6,688$9,2635

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,058.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,226 across 16 hospitalsMN$1,226Illinois: median $732 across 16 hospitalsIL$732Wisconsin: median $2,133 across 22 hospitalsWI$2,133Michigan: median $836 across 25 hospitalsMI$836New York: median $1,038 across 12 hospitalsNY$1,038Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $774 across 16 hospitalsOR$774Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,031 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,031Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,058 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,058Pennsylvania: median $97 across 16 hospitalsPA$97New Jersey: median $4,881 across 17 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $693 across 10 hospitalsOK$693Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,058. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ17$4,881+361%$1,857 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI22$2,133+102%$2,133 – $12,137
Minnesota MN16$1,226+16%$1,024 – $1,226
Ohio OH12$1,0580%$633 – $1,500
New York NY12$1,038−2%$494 – $1,550
Iowa IA22$1,031−3%$876 – $1,202
Michigan MI25$836−21%$533 – $3,088
Oregon OR16$774−27%$534 – $975
Illinois IL16$732−31%$433 – $1,324
Oklahoma OK10$693−34%$693 – $693
Pennsylvania PA16$97−91%$76 – $2,374
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $1,058.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care214$1,031$586 – $2,888
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access85$1,226$762 – $2,133
Ownership
For-profit28$1,779$504 – $9,263
Government57$965$679 – $1,616
Non-profit223$1,058$626 – $2,187
System affiliation
Part of a system233$1,045$597 – $2,300
Independent76$1,099$669 – $2,245

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,393
Median cash price$1,058
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

206 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,022 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,147; most fall between $524 and $2,133.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 206 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
$412$603$1,022$1,779$2,949

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($412 vs $2,949).

Of the 227 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 206 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

309 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 359 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted309
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code359

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ctrl Oropharyngeal Hemorrhage Comp Req Hospitj.

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, “Complicated control of mouth or throat bleeding (CPT 42961) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42961-complicated-control-of-mouth-or-throat-bleeding