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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Rhode Island 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?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,365$3,802 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $6,918
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $4,365

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$4,266

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.