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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Maryland 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?

$282

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $324.

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

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $214 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $263

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$282

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.