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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

Virginia 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$3,548 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,778 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,233Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $5,888
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $3,890

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
$3,801.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$3,890

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.