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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 July 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve cost?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$3,715 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,089 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,586Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,079
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $4,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California 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· 42nd of 51

$3,890

CA $13,183AR $3,311

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.