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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Delaware 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$2,344 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$603 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,399Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $3,631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $2,455

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
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 45th of 51

$2,344

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.