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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Virginia 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$229 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$603 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $251 to $10,965Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $209 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
1 more rate 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
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$275

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.