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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Connecticut 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?

$10,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$537$447 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$5,248 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $30,903Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $331 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $537

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
$5,248.07
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$36,307.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 27th of 51

$10,537

$537 physician + $10,000 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.