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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 July 2026.

How much does High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel cost?

$363

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $537.

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

Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $219 to $741
$200$500$1Kprofessional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 15th of 51

$363

AK $692KY $251

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.