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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Colorado 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,786 from a physician practice, and about $14,454 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,786$3,981 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,454$2,884 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $933 to $25,704Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $4,786

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,760.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,606.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,606.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
5 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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$5,495

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.