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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 July 2026.

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

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,786 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,882
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762

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
$1,513.56
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$275,422.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$85,113.80

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 23rd of 50

$7,762

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.