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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$191 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$575 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,388Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $129 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$468

AK $513NY $117

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.