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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Mississippi 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?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,248 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,248$3,388 to $6,918
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,884Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $15,488
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $5,248

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$3,388

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.