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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

New Hampshire 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$372$302 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$977 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,467Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $372

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
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
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$389

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.