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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

South Carolina 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$200 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$977 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $295 to $15,136Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $58 to $417
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $263

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
$251.19
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
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
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$282

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.