Heel X-ray cost in Eureka, CA
In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $102.51 to $503.27, with a median of $138.60. The lowest listed price is at Providence St Joseph Hospital — $36.09 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $352.80 at 180 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Jul 22, 2025 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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital lowest Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS | $102.51 | $201.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS | $111.69 | $219.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Jerold Phelps Community Hospital one side Garberville, CA · (707) 923-3921 HC X-RAY HEEL - XR CALCANEUS 2 VIEWS LEFT | $165.51 | $206.89 | $165.51–$206.89 | 20% | — source file |
| Jerold Phelps Community Hospital one side Garberville, CA · (707) 923-3921 HC X-RAY HEEL - XR CALCANEUS 2 VIEWS RIGHT | $165.51 | $206.89 | $165.51–$206.89 | 20% | — source file |
| Mad River Community Hospital one side Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 XR HEEL 2 VIEWS RT | $503.27 | $503.27 | $74.76–$391.43 | — | Jul 22, 2025 source file |
| Mad River Community Hospital one side Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 XR HEEL 2 VIEWS LT | $503.27 | $503.27 | $74.76–$391.43 | — | Jul 22, 2025 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS | $562.53 | $1,103.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS | $617.61 | $1,211.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Jerold Phelps Community Hospital both sides Garberville, CA · (707) 923-3921 HC X-RAY HEEL - XR CALCANEUS 2 VIEWS BILATERAL | $330.88 | $413.60 | $330.88–$413.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Mad River Community Hospital both sides Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 XR HEEL BILATERAL | $753.70 | $753.70 | $74.76–$565.28 | — | Jul 22, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $102.51, median $138.60, highest $503.27 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $330.88, median $542.29, highest $753.70 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $544.86. 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 1 of 2 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.