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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Florida 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?

$275

Typical physician fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $195 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $275

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
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 48th of 51

$275

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.