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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Kentucky 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?

$3,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,820 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$603 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $389 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,802
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,950

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
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$3,900

$1,950 physician + $1,950 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.