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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

South 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?

$7,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$407$302 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,715 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $37,154Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $550
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $407

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
$457.09
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$28,183.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
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
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where South 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

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$7,326

$407 physician + $6,918 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.