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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Nebraska 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?

$6,166

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,918 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$6,918$5,248 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$631 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $30,200Professionalmedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $9,333
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,236professional $6,918

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
$3,162.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$23,988.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$6,166

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.