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Free Muscle Flap With Microsurgery

California rates for HCPCS 15756

Moves a piece of muscle, sometimes with the skin lying over it, from one part of the body to another to fill and cover a defect. Its blood vessels are cut and then rejoined to vessels at the new site under a microscope, so the transferred tissue stays alive.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Free Muscle Flap With Microsurgery cost?

$9,772

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,607 to $13,804.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $17,783Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,888
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $2,399

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$14,125.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Maine than in Mississippi. 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.

California· 5th of 50

$9,772

ME $14,454MS $1,778

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.