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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Tennessee 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$275 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$759 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,248Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $372

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$407

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.