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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

Iowa 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$234$224 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$331 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,802Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $178 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $234

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
$223.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 39th of 51

$245

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.