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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 October 2026.

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

$6,761

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,079 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$7,079$5,754 to $9,772
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,020 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $14,454Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $12,882
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $7,079

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
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$34,673.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$13,489.63
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,125.38
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$6,761

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.