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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 July 2026.

How much does Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery cost?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $10,000.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $40,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29,512.09
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$72,443.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$57,543.99

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 218.8 times more in New Mexico than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 50

$4,074

NM $74,131ND $339

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.