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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$145 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$977 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,754Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $145 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $263

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
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$282

AK $1,047PA $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.