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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

Louisiana 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$245$234 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$631 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,512Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $219 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $245

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
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$269

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.