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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Louisiana 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?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,786 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,786$3,981 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$676 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $437 to $23,988Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $6,457
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $4,786

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
$676.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$30,902.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
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
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$4,467

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.