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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Vermont 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?

$2,818

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $2,818.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $2,818

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 38th of 51

$2,818

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.