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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Arizona 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?

$7,443

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,443 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$331 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,692 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $22,387Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,344
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,079professional $363

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$30,199.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
5 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
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 37th of 51

$7,443

$363 physician + $7,079 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.