Heel X-ray cost in Huntsville, AL
In Huntsville, AL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $225.00 to $324.50, with a median of $287.67. The lowest listed price is at Athens Limestone Hospital — $62.67 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $161.00 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 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 Huntsville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Limestone Hospital one side lowest Athens, AL · (256) 233-9292 ..HEEL:POST REDUCTION RIGHT source file | $225.00 | $225.00 | $39.26–$180.00 | — |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 LE-CALCANEUS 2PLS DR File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $250.83 | $1,393.51 | $20.01–$1,184.48 | 82% |
| Athens Limestone Hospital one side Athens, AL · (256) 233-9292 LMV:HEEL RIGHT+5 more lines at this price source file | $316.00 | $316.00 | $39.26–$252.80 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 XR-HEEL, LEFT*+1 more line at this price source file | $324.50 | $324.50 | $39.26–$324.50 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL XR-HEEL, LEFT*+1 more line at this price source file | $324.50 | $324.50 | $39.26–$324.50 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL OR-XR-HEEL,RT source file | $389.40 | $389.40 | $79.35–$253.11 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 OR-XR-HEEL,RT source file | $389.40 | $389.40 | $79.35–$253.11 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 D-MESH R03 source file | $491.50 | $491.50 | $112.14–$319.48 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL D-MESH R03 source file | $491.50 | $491.50 | $112.14–$319.48 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL D-INDWELLING PORT R18 source file | $24,290.00 | $24,290.00 | $112.14–$15,788.50 | — |
| Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 D-INDWELLING PORT R18 source file | $24,290.00 | $24,290.00 | $112.14–$15,788.50 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $225.00, median $287.67, highest $324.50 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $308.57. 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 4 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.