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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Colorado 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 7 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$2,754$2,570 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,548 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,012
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $2,754

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$3,715

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.