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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33289

A small wireless sensor is placed inside an artery in the lung by threading a catheter through a vein, usually from the groin, up through the heart. Once in place the sensor measures the pressure in that artery and sends readings to an external unit, so a care team can follow rising pressures from a distance. It is used in heart failure to catch fluid build-up before it causes a hospital admission.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery cost?

$19,101

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,101 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $17,783 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$871 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$17,783$9,772 to $33,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,783 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $53,703Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,188
$100$1K$10Kfacility $17,783professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$33,884.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$63,095.73
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 45.0 times more in New Mexico than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 13th of 51

$19,101

$1,318 physician + $17,783 facility

NM $44,130MT $980

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.