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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Minnesota 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?

$617

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $813.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,122
$200$500$1Kprofessional $617

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
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$617

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.