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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Oregon 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$214$178 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$186 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $5,012Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $123 to $347
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $214professional $214

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
$275.42
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 18th of 51

$214

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.