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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Massachusetts 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$316 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$275 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $219 to $4,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $468

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
$977.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
1 more rate 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
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$468

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.