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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Kentucky 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?

$1,938

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,938 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$479 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $331 to $29,512Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $219 to $646
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $316

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
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$42,657.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
4 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
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,938

$316 physician + $1,622 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.