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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Colorado 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$275 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,884 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,913Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $229 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $339

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
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
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$372

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.