Scans and imaging CPT 76857 Outpatient

Pelvic ultrasound (limited) cost in Charleston, SC

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Pelvic ultrasound (not pregnancy), limited or follow-up: from $242.00 to $793.00, with a median of $793.00. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Medical Center — $551.00 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $547.90 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 76857, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$242.00MUSC Medical Center
Median$793.00half pay less
Highest$793.00in this market
Difference3.3×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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

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Lowest $242.00Highest $793.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston, SC HB US PELVIC NON-OB LIMITED $242.00 $484.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC HC US Pelvis Limited $793.00 $1,220.00 — 35% —
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Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley INC Summerville, SC HC US Pelvis Limited $793.00 $1,220.00 — 35% —
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC US Pelvis Limited $793.00 $1,220.00 — 35% —
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Roper Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC US Pelvis Limited $793.00 $1,220.00 — 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $242.00, median $793.00, highest $793.00 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $793.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A limited pelvic ultrasound looks at one question in the pelvis, such as following up an ovarian cyst or checking the bladder.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.