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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Michigan 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 Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $12,589 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$4,677$3,715 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,589$3,981 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $525 to $33,113Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $12,589professional $4,677

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
$4,677.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
10 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
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 18th 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.