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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Louisiana 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$282 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$339 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,467Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $240 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $363

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
$478.63
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$372

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.