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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Idaho 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?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 8 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$4,074$3,467 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,818 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $6,166Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $5,012
$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $4,074

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$4,074

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.