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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Nebraska 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?

$4,786

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$4,169$2,570 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,495 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $14,454Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $14,454
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $4,169

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
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$4,786

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.