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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Iowa 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?

$7,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,266$2,951 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,514 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,761Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,026
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,951professional $4,266

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
$3,019.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$7,217

$4,266 physician + $2,951 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.