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Shock Wave Treatment Of A Wound

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0512T

High-energy sound waves are directed at a wound through the skin surface to encourage healing. A gel or other topical application is used so the waves pass into the tissue, and the wound is dressed afterwards. This covers the first wound treated in the session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shock Wave Treatment Of A Wound cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $417 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$141 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$186 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $174 to $8,710Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $138 to $513
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $417professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 144.5 times more in California than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$186

CA $4,074HI $28.18

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.