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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 July 2026.

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

$8,128

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,455 to $15,488.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $407 to $28,184Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $269 to $776
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,128professional $324

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$102,329.30

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 50

$8,128

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.