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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Connecticut 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$407$324 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,096 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,550Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $245 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $407

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$417

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.