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Muscle Graft For Facial Paralysis

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 15841

Surgery that places a piece of muscle taken from elsewhere in the body into a face that has been paralysed on one side, to restore movement. The graft is positioned so it can pull the corner of the mouth and cheek, improving symmetry at rest and when smiling. It is used when the face's own muscles can no longer be reactivated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Muscle Graft For Facial Paralysis cost?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$2,042 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,549 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $2,951

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,165.95
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
6 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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$2,630

AK $7,244TX $832

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.