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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 July 2026.

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

$316

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $316

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
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 28th of 51

$316

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.