Heel X-ray cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for heel bone (calcaneus) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $91.00 to $402.47, with a median of $170.25. The lowest listed price is at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and 2 other hospitals — $79.25 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $155.00 at 8 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 8 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 Sep 1, 2026 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island lowest Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views | $91.00 | $260.00 | $22.24–$239.44 | 65% | — source file |
| Butler Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 455-6270 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views | $91.00 | $260.00 | $22.24–$236.60 | 65% | — source file |
| Kent County Memorial Hospital lowest Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC X-Ray Heel - Xr Calcaneus 2 Views | $91.00 | $260.00 | $13.81–$242.58 | 65% | — source file |
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc X-Ray Heel | $97.00 | $373.00 | $45.23–$354.35 | 74% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC X-Ray Heel | $127.50 | $255.00 | $54.52–$411.86 | 50% | — source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC X-Ray Heel | $127.50 | $255.00 | $54.52–$411.86 | 50% | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC CALCANEUS MIN 2 VIEW | $213.00 | $213.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC CALCANEUS MIN 2 VIEW | $213.00 | $213.00 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC CALCANEUS MIN 2 VIEW | $213.00 | $213.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC CALCANEUS MIN 2 VIEW | $235.73 | $235.73 | — | — | — source file |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Radiologic examination; calcaneus, minimum of 2 views | $285.60 | $476.00 | $93.30 | 40% | — source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC CALCANEUS MIN 2 VIEW | $402.47 | $402.47 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $91.00, median $170.25, highest $402.47 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $213.00. 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 6 of 7 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.