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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 July 2026.

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

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 8 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$4,169$3,715 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,802 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $13,804Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $6,918
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $4,169

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
$3,630.78
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,079.46
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$4,169

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.