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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

California 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 California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$229 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$407 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $257 to $12,303Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $295

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
$691.83
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$794.33
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
4 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19

Where California 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.

California· 37th 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.