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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Kansas 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$138$112 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,349 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,943Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $98 to $182
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $138

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 34th of 51

$170

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.