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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Michigan 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?

$9,710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$2,630$1,995 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$1,148 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $501 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $2,630

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
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
12 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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 5th of 51

$9,710

$2,630 physician + $7,079 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.