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High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy, Heel

Wyoming 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$437 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$617 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,266Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
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
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$603

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.