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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 October 2026.

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

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$302 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$407 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $209 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $398

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
$288.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$417

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.