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Procedure price report · Control of epistaxis

First treatment of bleeding behind the nose with packing

CPT 42970the billing code this page is about

Initial treatment of bleeding high in the back of the nose and throat using posterior nasal packing, cautery, or both.

Hospitals typically charge $583 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 434 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $593. Most fall between $272 and $1,159 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
434
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 434 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
$194$297$583$974$1,870

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($194 vs $1,870).

How the prices are spread

$112 – $159: 16 hospitals$112$159 – $226: 23 hospitals$226 – $321: 60 hospitals$226$321 – $457: 71 hospitals$457 – $650: 59 hospitals$457$650 – $925: 73 hospitals$925 – $1,315: 53 hospitals$925$1,315 – $1,871: 22 hospitals$1,871 – $2,662: 7 hospitals$1,871$2,662 – $3,786: 10 hospitals$2,662median $583price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (394 of 434 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$112$15916
$159$22623
$226$32160
$321$45771
$457$65059
$650$92573
$925$1,31553
$1,315$1,87122
$1,871$2,6627
$2,662$3,78610

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$242
Median cash price$583
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.4×

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 $583.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $311 across 16 hospitalsWA$311Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $393 across 24 hospitalsIL$393Wisconsin: median $1,202 across 21 hospitalsWI$1,202Michigan: median $617 across 15 hospitalsMI$617New York: median $275 across 30 hospitalsNY$275Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,159 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,159Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,015 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,015Indiana: median $442 across 20 hospitalsIN$442Ohio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $161 across 27 hospitalsPA$161New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $868 across 37 hospitalsCA$868Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $194 across 11 hospitalsNE$194Missouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $662 across 14 hospitalsOK$662Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,870 across 16 hospitalsGA$1,870Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $327 across 21 hospitalsTX$327Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $583. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+550%$257 – $5,419
Georgia GA16$1,870+221%$114 – $1,870
Wisconsin WI21$1,202+106%$1,202 – $2,689
Oregon OR19$1,159+99%$339 – $1,569
Iowa IA21$1,015+74%$503 – $1,015
California CA37$868+49%$645 – $868
Oklahoma OK14$662+14%$662 – $683
Michigan MI15$617+6%$326 – $811
Indiana IN20$442−24%$380 – $697
Illinois IL24$393−33%$380 – $1,015
Texas TX21$327−44%$297 – $327
Washington WA16$311−47%$215 – $587
New York NY30$275−53%$275 – $679
Nebraska NE11$194−67%$194 – $704
Pennsylvania PA27$161−72%$91 – $475
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $583.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care345$516$266 – $1,015
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access81$649$338 – $1,202
Ownership
For-profit36$442$297 – $1,202
Government63$472$174 – $1,171
Non-profit335$617$275 – $1,108
System affiliation
Part of a system368$599$275 – $1,159
Independent66$571$252 – $932

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,033
Median cash price$583
Cash as a share of list, median hospital58%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 42%. 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

297 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $645 and the average of the middle 60% is $610; most fall between $294 and $1,015.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 297 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
$174$327$645$868$1,202

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($174 vs $1,202).

Of the 311 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 297 gave a usable cash price; 8 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

434 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 463 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted434
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code463

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 September 4, 2026 and September 24, 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 Control of epistaxis family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ctrl Nasopharyngeal Hemrrg Smpl W/Pst Nsl Packs.

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, “First treatment of bleeding behind the nose with packing (CPT 42970) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42970-first-treatment-of-bleeding-behind-the-nose-with-packing