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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 October 2026.

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

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$117 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$302 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,890Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $100 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 26th of 51

$186

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.