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Open Aortic Valve Repair, Straightforward

Texas 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?

$4,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,318$170 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,175 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $31 to $4,467
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,692professional $1,318

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Texas 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

Texas· 33rd of 51

$4,010

$1,318 physician + $2,692 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.