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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Nebraska 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?

$12,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$550 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$4,365 to $38,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $50,119Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,344
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $11,482professional $692

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
$5,495.41
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$95,499.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$47,863.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$44,668.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$67,608.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 22nd of 51

$12,173

$692 physician + $11,482 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.