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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Illinois 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?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,898$4,169 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $513 to $16,596Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $8,128
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $4,898

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
$933.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$79,432.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,760.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,803.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
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
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$4,677

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.