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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Michigan 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$3,236$2,951 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,148 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,981Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $3,236

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
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
12 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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 16th of 51

$3,236

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.