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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Tennessee 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,020$2,570 to $19,498
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,023 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $741 to $3,631Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $20,417
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,622professional $3,020

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 36th of 51

$2,570

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.