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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 July 2026.

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

$6,166

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,166 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$6,166$3,090 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$7,244 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $25,119Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $16,982
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $6,166

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$100,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$6,166

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.