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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15842

Microsurgery that transfers a muscle from elsewhere in the body into a paralysed face along with its own artery, vein, and nerve. Those vessels are reconnected under a microscope so the muscle keeps its blood supply, and the nerve is wired to a source of signal so the muscle can contract and produce a smile. It is used for long-standing facial paralysis where the original muscles can no longer recover.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis cost?

$7,079

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,079 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,079 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,079$5,888 to $10,965
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$3,715 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $16,982Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $13,183
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $7,079

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
$7,079.46
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$18,620.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California than in Arkansas. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$7,079

CA $7,079AR $2,188

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.