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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

Colorado rates for HCPCS 0651T

The patient swallows a small camera capsule, which is then steered from outside the body using a magnet so the lining of the food pipe and stomach can be examined without passing a scope down the throat. The images captured are reviewed afterwards and a report is issued.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$234 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$257 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,862Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $178 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $257

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
$257.04
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in New Hampshire than in Mississippi. 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$257

NH $490MS $224

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.