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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Maryland 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?

$427

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $331 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,783 · 10th to 90th $537 to $28,840Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $295 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $17,783professional $347

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
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
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Louisiana than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$427

LA $11,220KY $363

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.