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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Maine 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?

$3,311

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $5,248
$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $3,311

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$3,311

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.