cost of valve replacement
1 Cost per patient was $14,469 for mitral valve replacement, and $11,606 for mitral valve repair. 2  At East Carolina University, surgeons say that the hospital gets paid a fixed fee of $25,000 for the total cost of each heart-valve repair regardless of whether robotics are used.
The first billing round for the aortic valve replacement was about $75,000 on the statements. The two insurers finally settled between themselves for about $17,000 total cost, including a 5-day hospital stay.