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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

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

$324

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $339.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Washington, DC· 22nd of 51

$324

AK $692KY $251

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.