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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,981$3,467 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$479 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $6,457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $3,981

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,073.80
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,073.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
11 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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 38th of 51

$3,715

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.