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Tissue graft to the face for facial paralysis

CPT 15840the billing code this page is about

Placement of a free graft of fibrous tissue (fascia) in the face to support or reanimate features weakened by facial nerve paralysis.

Hospitals typically charge $4,001 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 264 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,573. Most fall between $1,662 and $6,482 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
264
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 264 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,023$1,733$4,001$5,339$10,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,023 vs $10,225).

How the prices are spread

$770 – $1,008: 13 hospitals$770$1,008 – $1,318: 18 hospitals$1,318 – $1,724: 18 hospitals$1,318$1,724 – $2,256: 27 hospitals$2,256 – $2,951: 26 hospitals$2,256$2,951 – $3,860: 12 hospitals$3,860 – $5,049: 61 hospitals$3,860$5,049 – $6,604: 24 hospitals$6,604 – $8,639: 20 hospitals$6,604$8,639 – $11,301: 25 hospitals$8,639median $4,001price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (244 of 264 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$770$1,00813
$1,008$1,31818
$1,318$1,72418
$1,724$2,25627
$2,256$2,95126
$2,951$3,86012
$3,860$5,04961
$5,049$6,60424
$6,604$8,63920
$8,639$11,30125

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$4,001
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,001.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,733 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,733Wisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,061 across 19 hospitalsMI$1,061New York: median $4,332 across 23 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,499 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,499Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $762 across 18 hospitalsPA$762New Jersey: median $4,311 across 24 hospitalsNJ$4,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,301 across 27 hospitalsCA$11,301Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,662 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,662Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,101 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,101Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,001. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$11,301+182%$6,950 – $11,301
New York NY23$4,332+8%$3,620 – $4,424
New Jersey NJ24$4,311+8%$4,001 – $5,419
Texas TX20$4,101+3%$3,459 – $5,181
Iowa IA14$2,499−38%$2,499 – $2,499
Illinois IL10$1,733−57%$770 – $2,236
Oklahoma OK13$1,662−58%$1,662 – $6,608
Michigan MI19$1,061−73%$1,061 – $4,873
Pennsylvania PA18$762−81%$621 – $6,189
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,001.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care236$4,052$1,662 – $6,608
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access19fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit26$2,707$934 – $5,693
Government35$3,675$1,733 – $6,186
Non-profit202$4,052$1,662 – $6,608
System affiliation
Part of a system221$4,101$1,662 – $6,950
Independent43$2,441$1,728 – $4,420

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,293
Median cash price$4,001
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

153 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,920 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,724; most fall between $1,662 and $7,811.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 153 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,041$1,789$2,920$6,898$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,041 vs $11,301).

Of the 163 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 153 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

264 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 283 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted264
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code283

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Skin graft family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Graft Facial Nerve Paralysis Free Fascial Graft.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tissue graft to the face for facial paralysis (CPT 15840) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15840-tissue-graft-to-the-face-for-facial-paralysis