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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Georgia 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?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$4,677$4,074 to $7,079
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$603 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,586Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $8,913
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $4,677

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
$3,715.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$4,365

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.