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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Washington 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?

$427

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $603.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $251 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $427

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
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 7th of 51

$427

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.