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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 6 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$200$123 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,042 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,490Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $95 to $589
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $200

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$240

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.