Heel X-ray cost in Birmingham, AL
In Birmingham, AL, 7 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $200.79 to $1,851.00, with a median of $875.00. The lowest listed price is at The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital — $674.21 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $161.00 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 4 cities for code 73650, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jun 22, 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 Birmingham, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital one side lowest Birmingham, AL · (205) 939-9100 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Right | $200.79 | $466.95 | $317.53–$420.26 | 57% | — source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital one side lowest Birmingham, AL · (205) 939-9100 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $200.79 | $466.95 | $317.53–$420.26 | 57% | — source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital one side lowest Birmingham, AL · (205) 939-9100 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $200.79 | $466.95 | $76.12–$280.17 | 57% | — source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital one side lowest Birmingham, AL · (205) 939-9100 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Right | $200.79 | $466.95 | $76.12–$280.17 | 57% | — source file |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham, AL · (205) 971-1000 LE-CALCANEUS 2PLS DR | $209.55 | $1,397.00 | $19.61–$1,257.30 | 85% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West one side Bessemer, AL · (205) 481-7000 Heel 2 or + Views-Left | $270.00 | $360.00 | $18.11–$493.00 | 25% | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West one side Bessemer, AL · (205) 481-7000 Heel 2 or + Views-Right | $270.00 | $360.00 | $18.11–$493.00 | 25% | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Shelby Hospital one side Alabaster, AL · (205) 620-8100 Hb X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $875.00 | $875.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Princeton Hospital one side Birmingham, AL · (205) 783-3800 Hb X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $875.00 | $875.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Walker Hospital one side Jasper, AL · (205) 387-4000 Hb X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $875.00 | $875.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital one side Birmingham, AL · (205) 877-1000 Hb X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views Left | $1,851.00 | $1,851.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $200.79, median $875.00, highest $1,851.00 — a 9.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $875.00. 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 3 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 1 it is 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.