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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

California 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?

$15,136

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,136 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11,220 to $21,878.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $5,888 to $28,840Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $257 to $724
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,488professional $331

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
$4,897.79
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$23,988.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,840.32
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,498.45
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$35,481.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147,910.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$77,624.71

Where California 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.

California· 7th of 50

$15,136

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.