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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Mississippi 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 5 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$3,388$2,399 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,000 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,388Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $3,388

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
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 48th of 51

$2,570

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.