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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 October 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$229 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$589 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,467Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $209 to $398
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $240

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$245

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.