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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Nebraska 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?

$427

Typical physician fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $631.

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 $427 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,259
$200$500$1Kprofessional $427

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
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$427

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.