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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 $589 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$257$229 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$447 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,288Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $178 to $302
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 26th 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.