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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 July 2026.

How much does High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel cost?

$309

Typical physician fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $407.

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 $309 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $309

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
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 34th of 51

$309

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.