Heel X-ray cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 18 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $52.78 to $939.86, with a median of $138.22. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $85.44 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $252.19 at 77 hospitals.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 9 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 Feb 11, 2026 and Sep 18, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital one side lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS RT File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $52.78 | $377.00 | $14.28–$329.88 | 86% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $453.00 | $74.75–$378.80 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $453.00 | $74.75–$385.05 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $453.00 | $74.75–$378.80 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $453.00 | $74.75–$378.80 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB CALCANEUS MIN 2 VWS LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $453.00 | $74.75–$378.80 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 CR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS LT+1 more line at this price source file | $94.56 | $394.00 | $66.19–$394.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY CR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS LT+1 more line at this price source file | $122.04 | $339.00 | $56.95–$339.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville one side Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 CR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS LT+1 more line at this price source file | $123.88 | $326.00 | $43.65–$326.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 CR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS RT+1 more line at this price source file | $152.55 | $339.00 | $56.95–$339.00 | 55% |
| Harrison County Hospital one side Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 X-ray of heel, minimum of 2 views+1 more line at this price File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $212.40 | $354.00 | $14.28–$318.60 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 XR CALCANEUS 2+ VIEWS UNI+1 more line at this price source file | $221.40 | $369.00 | $3.35–$250.00 | 40% |
| Our Lady of Peace one side Louisville, KY CR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS LT+1 more line at this price source file | $221.43 | $394.00 | $70.92–$394.00 | 44% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC XR HEEL MIN 2 VIEWS File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $266.45 | $628.00 | $53.96–$571.48 | 58% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville one side Clarksville, IN RAD CalcaneUS 2+ View Lt+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $394.28 | $394.28 | $81.42–$335.14 | — |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 X-ray of heel, minimum of 2 views File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $939.86 | $1,253.14 | $65.36–$2,506.28 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 X-ray of heel, minimum of 2 views File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $939.86 | $1,253.14 | $14.28–$1,879.71 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 X-ray of heel, minimum of 2 views File of Sep 18, 2026 · source file | $939.86 | $1,253.14 | $26.67–$2,506.28 | 25% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville both sides Clarksville, IN RAD CalcaneUS 2+ View Bilat File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $394.28 | $394.28 | $81.42–$335.14 | — |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital both sides Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 XR CALCANEUS 2+ VIEWS BI+1 more line at this price source file | $442.80 | $738.00 | $3.35–$250.00 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $52.78, median $138.22, highest $939.86 — a 17.8× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $394.28, median $418.54, highest $442.80 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $108.30. 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 17 of 18 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.