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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 October 2026.

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

$13,490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13,490 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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$13,490$8,913 to $13,490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$1,820 to $26,915

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $19,055
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $13,490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$26,915.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.4 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$13,490

AK $13,490AR $1,820

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.