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Fascia Graft for a Paralysed Face

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15840

Takes a strip of fascia, the tough sheet of tissue that wraps muscle, from elsewhere on the body and uses it as a sling to hold up the drooping side of a face paralysed by facial nerve damage. The strip is anchored so that it lifts the corner of the mouth and the cheek into a more even position. It provides steady support rather than restoring movement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fascia Graft for a Paralysed Face cost?

$7,268

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 51 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,096 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,818 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,514

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
$1,096.48
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,022.64

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CA $10,672MD $3,161

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.