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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Missouri 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 negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$2,818$2,455 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $2,818

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd 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.