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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Utah 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$56.23 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$468 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,128Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $30 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $191

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
$316.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
2 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
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$191

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.