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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Texas 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$2,188$288 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$851 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $490 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $52 to $8,511
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,239professional $2,188

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
10 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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 50th of 51

$2,188

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.