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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 July 2026.

How much does High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel cost?

$324

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $398.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $219 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $324

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
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$324

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.