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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Massachusetts 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?

$4,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,138 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$813 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,715Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,882
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $2,884

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
8 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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$4,879

$2,884 physician + $1,995 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.