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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Maine 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?

$4,786

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,786 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$4,786$3,981 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$776 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,202Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $6,310
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $4,786

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 19th of 51

$4,786

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.