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Aortic Valve Replacement Using Own Lung Valve

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 33413

Replaces a diseased aortic valve, the valve controlling blood leaving the heart, with the patient's own pulmonary valve moved into that position. A donor valve is then placed where the pulmonary valve used to sit. It is open-heart surgery performed with a heart-lung machine, chosen most often in younger patients so that lifelong blood-thinning medicine can be avoided.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement Using Own Lung Valve cost?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,162$417 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $275 to $5,370
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $3,162

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
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$3,162

AK $12,589AR $1,995

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.