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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$9,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$355 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$2,692 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $603 to $34,674Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,913professional $398

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
$1,023.29
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$56,234.13
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$275,422.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
10 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
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$9,311

$398 physician + $8,913 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.