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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

New Jersey 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$263$219 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$741 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,511Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $191 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 39th of 51

$288

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.