How much am I expecting to pay for a new 200-500GB hard drive?

Is it possible for me to get it done under $500 (as in new hard drive and installation) as my other one is fried
I have rang Apple and told me this was the problem
Also if anyone knows how to retrieve all the photo's and documents as they haven't been backed-up please do so, it would save me a whole lot of trouble!

500 GB is pretty small by current standards.  A raw drive will be well under $100.
Installation on an iMac is a somewhat involved procedure.  It can be DIY, but it is very complicated and you need good instructions.  However, get some quotes from a computer repair shop.  I am guessing that the labor will also be under $100.  An Apple Store will want much more.
You might also consider using an external FW800 drive if the internal drive is really toast.  You can use a USB 2 drive but it will be pretty slow.
If the computer still boots and more or less runs, MAKE A CLONE NOW.  you can do this on a USB 2 drive of sufficient capacity.  I use CarbonCopyCloner.
You can then reformat the internal drive and clone it back to see if that has helped anything.
If the internal drive really is dead, then recovery of the data is possible but it will be expensive and it may not yield all, or any of, your data.

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