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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Maine 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$324$282 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$708 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,692Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,188professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
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
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 31st of 51

$331

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.