Bone scan cost in Charleston, SC
In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $1,356.00 to $1,828.45, with a median of $1,828.45. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Medical Center — $472.45 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $1,666.00 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 78306, 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.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB NM BONE SCAN WHOLE B | $1,356.00 | $2,712.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville, SC · (854) 529-3002 HC NM Bone Scan Whole Body | $1,828.45 | $2,813.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Roper Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 724-2800 HC NM Bone Scan Whole Body | $1,828.45 | $2,813.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC HC NM Bone Scan Whole Body | $1,828.45 | $2,813.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC NM Bone Scan Whole Body | $1,828.45 | $2,813.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,356.00, median $1,828.45, highest $1,828.45 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,828.45. 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 whole-body bone scan uses a small amount of radioactive tracer to find areas of increased bone activity, such as cancer spread, stress fractures and infections.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the tracer and the scan. The reading may be billed separately.