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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Pennsylvania 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?

$282

Typical physician fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $347.

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 $282 · 10th to 90th $204 to $490
$200$500$1Kprofessional $282

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
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$282

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.