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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Colorado 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?

$20,896

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,896 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,417 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$389 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,417$14,454 to $28,840

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,417 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $48,978Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $776
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $20,417professional $479

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$50,118.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$43,651.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
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
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 51

$20,896

$479 physician + $20,417 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.