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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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $224 to $741
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $457

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
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$457

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.