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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Kansas 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 Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$5,012$4,467 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$479 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $123 to $5,754Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $5,012

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd 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.