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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Georgia rates for HCPCS 33390

Repairs the aortic valve, the outlet valve of the heart's main pumping chamber, during open-heart surgery with a machine taking over the work of the heart and lungs. This is the more limited kind of repair — separating fused valve flaps, or clearing away calcium and thickened tissue — rather than reshaping or rebuilding the flaps themselves.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward cost?

$3,950

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$2,399 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$603 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,786
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $2,692

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
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,918.31
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
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Georgia· 34th of 51

$3,950

$2,692 physician + $1,259 facility

AL $20,353WA $2,540

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.