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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Missouri 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$295$234 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$692 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,310Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $295

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
$323.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
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
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 34th of 51

$316

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.