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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$2,692 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,288 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,495Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $5,248
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $3,548

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th 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.