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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

How much does Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis cost?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$2,570 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$891 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,898Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $2,818

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$2,692

AK $8,128TX $513

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.