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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 October 2026.

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

$5,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,754$4,898 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,148 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $661 to $24,547Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $7,762
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $5,754

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$5,754

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.