Heel X-ray cost in McAllen, TX
In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $81.98 to $1,205.00, with a median of $86.00. The lowest listed price is at Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley — $4.02 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $289.65 at 288 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 Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley lowest Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Calcaneous 1 View File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $81.98 | $409.92 | $28.06–$165.82 | 80% |
| Mission Regional Medical Center Mission, TX · (956) 323-9000 OR CALCANEOUS 2 VIEWS+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $86.00 | $517.59 | $28.74–$529.58 | 83% |
| Knapp Medical Center Weslaco, TX · (956) 968-8567 Hc X-Ray Heel File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $86.00 | $657.83 | $28.74–$644.67 | 87% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Heel 1v (Calcaneous File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $96.77 | $483.84 | $28.06–$165.82 | 80% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Heel 2v (Calcaneous File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $141.12 | $705.60 | $28.06–$165.82 | 80% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Calcaneous 2 View File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $184.80 | $924.00 | $28.06–$165.82 | 80% |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital one side San Juan, TX · (956) 632-6000 XR CALCANEUS 2 + V RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,205.00 | $1,205.00 | $84.35–$1,024.25 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $81.98, median $86.00, highest $1,205.00 — a 14.7× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 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.