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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Oklahoma 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 4 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$100 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$759 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $224 to $6,457Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $98 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$933

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.