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Capsule Camera Examination Of The Colon

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0355T

The patient swallows a capsule containing a small camera, which travels through the digestive tract and photographs the lining of the colon as it passes. The images are downloaded afterwards and reviewed by a doctor, who reports on what the lining shows. Bowel preparation beforehand is needed, as it is for a standard colonoscopy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Capsule Camera Examination Of The Colon cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $457 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$145 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$363 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,288Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $155

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 109.6 times more in Massachusetts than in Idaho. 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.

Minnesota· 23rd of 27

$162

MA $3,311ID $30.20

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.