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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

New Mexico 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$355$263 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$316 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $224 to $7,079Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $209 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $355

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
$223.87
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
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
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 26th of 51

$355

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.