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Free Muscle Flap With Microsurgery

North Carolina 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?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $8,318.

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

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $3,890

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 50

$3,631

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.