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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

North Dakota 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$525$407 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$224 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,162Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $324 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $525

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
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 8th of 51

$501

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.