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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Ohio 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 8 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$132$102 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,318 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $91 to $2,089
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $132

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
$190.55
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 29th of 51

$191

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.