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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Massachusetts 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?

$3,901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$380 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$447 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $339 to $31,623Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,089
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $513

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
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$51,286.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$25,118.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$51,286.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$20,892.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$3,901

$513 physician + $3,388 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.