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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

North Carolina 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$245 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$646 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,311Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $100 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $447

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$447

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.