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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Louisiana 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?

$4,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$2,239 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$646 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $427 to $15,849Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$4,276

$2,692 physician + $1,585 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.