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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 October 2026.

How much does Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis cost?

$8,128

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10,965 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10,965$7,244 to $10,965
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,399 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $13,183Professionalmedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $13,183
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $10,965

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$17,378.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.8 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$8,128

AK $8,128TX $513

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.