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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Iowa 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?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 8 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$5,012$3,981 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$5,012 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $8,710Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $18,197
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $6,457professional $5,012

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
$5,011.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$8,912.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$10,471.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$5,370

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.