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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Montana 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$309 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$355 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $316 to $631Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $355

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 27th of 51

$355

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.