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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Iowa 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$562$427 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$490 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $355 to $6,607Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $339 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $562

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
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
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
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$575

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.