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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 July 2026.

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

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 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 6 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$3,311$2,692 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$4,169 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $5,248
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $3,311

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
$851.14
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$3,631

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.