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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Alabama 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?

$5,623

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 4 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$6,026$3,715 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $23,988Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $6,026

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 13th of 51

$5,623

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.