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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

New York 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?

$324

Typical physician fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $275 to $479.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $851
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $324

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
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33

Where New York 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 York· 27th of 51

$324

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.