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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Arizona 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$251 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$955 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $257 to $7,586Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $288

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$309

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.