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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 July 2026.

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

$490

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $603.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $224 to $724
$200$500professional $490

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
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$490

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.