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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

North Carolina 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?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$4,467$3,311 to $7,079
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$3,311 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,710Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $8,913
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $4,467

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$4,365

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.