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Free Muscle Flap For Facial Paralysis

Wyoming 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?

$5,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$5,754$4,786 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,950 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,818Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $5,754

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$5,754

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.