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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Minnesota 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?

$7,586

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,586 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,413 from a physician practice, and about $10,000 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$7,413$6,026 to $10,233
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,000$7,079 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $25,119Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $12,589
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,000professional $7,413

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
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,988.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$7,586

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.