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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Tennessee 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?

$10,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$537$398 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$3,802 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $29,512Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $316 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,000professional $537

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
$2,630.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$40,738.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
6 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
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q0 · Research study, investigational
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$10,537

$537 physician + $10,000 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.