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Aortic Valve Replacement With Donor Valve

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33406

Open-heart surgery that removes a damaged aortic valve and replaces it with a valve taken from a human donor. The heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine takes over circulation while the new valve is sewn into place. A donor valve avoids the need for lifelong blood thinning medicine that a mechanical valve requires.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement With Donor Valve cost?

$8,541

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$4,074$2,818 to $6,026
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,818 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,715Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $8,710
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

North Carolina· 27th of 49

$8,541

$4,074 physician + $4,467 facility

IN $37,047MD $4,049

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.