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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Utah 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 7 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$2,692$2,399 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,162 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $4,898
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $2,692

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
$2,691.53
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$8,317.64
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 39th of 51

$2,754

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.