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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 28890

A treatment for long-standing heel pain in which high-energy sound-wave pulses are directed at the plantar fascia, the thick band of tissue that runs along the sole of the foot. A clinician delivers the pulses using ultrasound to aim them, and anesthesia beyond a simple local injection is needed because the pulses are strong. Nothing is cut and no tissue is removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$275 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$562 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,344Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$331

AK $912TX $182

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.