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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Minnesota 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?

$6,166

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 6 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$6,026$4,571 to $8,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$4,571 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $20,417Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $10,233
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $6,026

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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$20,417.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$6,166

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.