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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

North Carolina 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$417$355 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$324 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $240 to $5,754Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $447professional $417

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
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
5 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
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$417

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.