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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Michigan 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?

$5,807

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$437$372 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,995 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $24,547Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $282 to $550
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $437

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
$457.09
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$24,547.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$5,807

$437 physician + $5,370 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.