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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Ohio 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,388$525 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$631 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $447 to $12,589Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $3,388

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
$3,715.35
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
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
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 45th of 51

$3,311

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.