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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Connecticut 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?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 5 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$5,495$3,715 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,248 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $26,915Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $11,482
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $5,495

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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$5,888

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.