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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33440

Open-heart surgery in which a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the patient's own pulmonary valve, moved into that position. A donor valve is then placed where the pulmonary valve was. Using living tissue avoids lifelong blood-thinning medicine and allows the valve to grow with a child.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve cost?

$11,749

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,749 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12,023 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12,023$5,248 to $19,055
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$4,169 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $26,303Professionalmedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $21,878
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $12,023

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$19,054.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$11,749

CA $13,183AR $3,311

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.