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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Kentucky 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?

$251

Typical physician fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $316.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $182 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $251

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
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$251

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.