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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 July 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 5 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$245$229 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$269 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,188Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $209 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $245

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
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th 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.