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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Tennessee 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,012$3,715 to $7,244
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$676 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $23,442
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $5,012

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
$2,630.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 48th of 51

$3,020

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.