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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Indiana 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 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$126$102 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$3,311 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,318Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $98 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $126

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
$169.82
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 21st of 51

$204

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.