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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Louisiana 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?

$27,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $26,915 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$479$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$26,915$12,023 to $38,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26,915 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $57,544Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $26,915professional $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
$891.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$67,608.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38,904.51
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$38,904.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
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
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$27,394

$479 physician + $26,915 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.