Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Charlotte, NC — inpatient

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 16 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $363.50 to $2,164.50, with a median of $643.80. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center — $280.30 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $643.80 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$363.50MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center
Median$643.80half pay less
Highest$2,164.50in this market
Difference6.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

median
Lowest $363.50Highest $2,164.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center lowest Chester, SC HB US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $363.50 $727.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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DUKE HEALTH LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE HEALTH LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL Mooresville, NC US Pelvis Complete $484.92 $1,796.00 $325.68–$619.62 73% —
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DUKE HEALTH LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE HEALTH LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL Mooresville, NC US Pelvis Complete $484.92 $1,796.00 $522.64–$619.62 73% —
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,158.84 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $431.35–$1,184.59 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $399.16–$1,133.09 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $431.35–$1,184.59 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,184.59 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc Wadesboro, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,223.22 50% Dec 1, 2025
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,223.22 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc Lincolnton, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $369.15–$1,223.22 50% Dec 1, 2025
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,184.59 50% Dec 5, 2025
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Monroe, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,223.22 50% Dec 4, 2025
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,184.59 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC US PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $643.80 $1,287.60 $390.14–$1,158.84 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC HCHG US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $1,276.00 $1,276.00 $957.00–$1,212.20 — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC HCHG US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $1,276.00 $1,276.00 — — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC HCHG US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $1,276.00 $1,276.00 $957.00–$1,212.20 — May 11, 2026
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC HB US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $1,862.50 $3,725.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. Rock Hill, SC US PELVIC COMPLETE $2,164.50 $2,886.00 $1.00–$2,193.36 25% Sep 1, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. Fort Mill, SC US PELVIC COMPLETE $2,164.50 $2,886.00 $1.00–$2,193.36 25% Apr 15, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $363.50, median $643.80, highest $2,164.50 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $643.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 11 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A pelvic ultrasound through the belly makes pictures of the organs in the pelvis: in women the uterus, ovaries and bladder, and in men the bladder and prostate area. It is ordered for pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, fibroids, cysts or urinary problems. This code is for non-pregnancy exams.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a transvaginal ultrasound done at the same visit (76830) is billed as its own code.