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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Delaware 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$214 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$355 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,388Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $195 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 44th of 51

$282

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.