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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Georgia 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$3,388$2,754 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$724 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,677Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $3,388

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$3,090

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.