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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

New Jersey 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?

$9,475

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,475 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$339 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$5,248 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $24,547Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $316 to $912
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $9,120professional $355

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
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$117,489.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
5 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$9,475

$355 physician + $9,120 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.