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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

South 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$427 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$324 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,089Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $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
$323.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
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
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$525

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.