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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Oregon 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?

$490

Typical physician fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $617.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $229 to $794
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $490

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
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$490

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.