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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

North Carolina 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?

$8,710

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $14,454.

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 $8,710 · 10th to 90th $324 to $38,905
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,710

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
$323.59
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$89,125.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$147,910.84
Typical High
$147,910.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 50

$8,710

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.