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Implanting A Pressure Sensor In A Lung Artery

Virginia 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?

$15,180

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,180 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,791 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$339 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,791$3,388 to $34,674

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $417 to $69,183Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $302 to $741
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $14,791professional $389

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
$3,801.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$51,286.14
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$15,180

$389 physician + $14,791 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.