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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

New Hampshire 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$200$135 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$1,288 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,772Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $112 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$100.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$209

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.