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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Arkansas 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?

$27,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $26,915 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$407$347 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$26,915$7,943 to $29,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26,915 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $38,019Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $316 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $26,915professional $407

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 7th of 51

$27,323

$407 physician + $26,915 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.