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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 October 2026.

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

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$102 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$427 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,169Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $138

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$46.77

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$151

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.