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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Idaho rates for HCPCS 61000

A needle is passed through the soft spot or a suture line on a baby's skull to draw off fluid or blood that has collected between the brain and its covering. This is the first such tap, relieving pressure on the developing brain and providing a sample for testing. It is done at the bedside and takes only a few minutes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$138 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$269 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $138 to $4,467Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $174

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Idaho· 26th of 51

$195

CA $3,162DE $107

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.