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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Michigan 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$282 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$646 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,370Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $347

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
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$347

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.