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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Nevada 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$117$115 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,514 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,467Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $100 to $589
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 42nd of 51

$145

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.