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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Alabama 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 July 2026.

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

$10,965

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,965 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,138 to $37,154.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $44,668
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,965

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$30,902.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 218.8 times more in New Mexico than in North Dakota. 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.

Alabama· 12th of 50

$10,965

NM $74,131ND $339

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.