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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 July 2026.

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

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 5 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$4,266$4,169 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,631 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $10,471Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $4,266

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$4,467

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.