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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

South Dakota 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?

$6,457

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,244$5,129 to $8,710
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$759 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,370Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $9,120
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $7,244

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$6,457

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.