Heel X-ray cost in Bakersfield, CA
In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $117.46 to $161.65, with a median of $130.45. The lowest listed price is at Kern Valley Healthcare District — $12.99 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $352.80 at 180 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73650, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 11, 2026 and Sep 11, 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern Valley Healthcare District lowest Mountain Mesa, CA · (760) 379-2681 X-ray of heel, minimum of 2 views File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $117.46 | $559.35 | $27.28–$559.35 | 79% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital one side Bakersfield, CA · (661) 215-7500 X-RAY EXAM OF HEEL+1 more line at this price source file | $130.45 | $186.36 | $111.38–$167.07 | 30% |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital one side Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 Calcaneus-left+1 more line at this price File of Sep 11, 2026 · source file | $161.65 | $305.00 | $120.43 | 47% |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 X-ray exam of heel File of Sep 11, 2026 · source file | $242.74 | $458.00 | $120.43 | 47% |
Outpatient: lowest $117.46, median $130.45, highest $161.65 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $161.65. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 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 heel X-ray takes at least two pictures of the calcaneus, the heel bone. It is ordered after a fall onto the feet, and for heel pain to look for a heel spur or stress fracture.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.