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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Oklahoma 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 4 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$2,754$2,630 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,514 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $2,754

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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 43rd of 51

$2,692

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.