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Magnet-Steered Camera Capsule Of The Stomach

South 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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 6 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$240$229 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$234 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,802Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $295professional $240

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
$229.09
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$240

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.