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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Oklahoma 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$269 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$457 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $302 to $7,413Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $347

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 23rd of 51

$363

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.