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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 July 2026.

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

$13,490

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,943 to $21,878.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $457 to $26,915
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $13,490

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
$457.09
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$91,201.08

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 8th of 50

$13,490

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.