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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 October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery cost?

$28,733

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $28,184 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$550$417 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$28,184$10,965 to $43,652

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28,184 · 10th to 90th $617 to $63,096Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,000
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $28,184professional $550

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
$323.59
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$63,095.73
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$93,325.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$74,131.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
11 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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q0 · Research study, investigational
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$28,733

$550 physician + $28,184 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.