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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Minnesota 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?

$1,878

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,878 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$676$513 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$562 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $347 to $34,674Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,288
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,202professional $676

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$107,151.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$1,878

$676 physician + $1,202 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.