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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 October 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$182 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$234 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,129Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $240

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
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$245

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.