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Face-Lift For Frown Lines Between The Brows

Kansas rates for HCPCS 15826

A surgical procedure that smooths the deep vertical frown lines between the eyebrows. Working through a small incision, the surgeon releases or weakens the muscles that pull the brows together and lifts and redrapes the overlying skin so the creases soften. It is an operation rather than an injection or a resurfacing treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Face-Lift For Frown Lines Between The Brows cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$955 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,738 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,913Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$1,230

AK $3,715KY $741

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.