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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Kentucky 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$3,311$2,692 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$603 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,761
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $3,311

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$15,135.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
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
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$3,236

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.