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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

West 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 4 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$3,802$3,548 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$3,548 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,548Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $4,898
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $3,802

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
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$3,715

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.