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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Ohio 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$129 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$525 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $204 to $8,913Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $48 to $398
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $219

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
$354.81
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
3 more rates 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
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$224

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.