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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Iowa 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?

$11,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,715 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$708$501 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,715$3,890 to $41,687

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $589 to $60,256Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,047
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,715professional $708

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$60,255.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$54,954.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$11,423

$708 physician + $10,715 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.