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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 8 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$4,571$3,715 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,467 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $8,913Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $4,571

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
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,413.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,413.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 8th 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.