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First Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Wyoming 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$275$234 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$741 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,148Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $191 to $447
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$372

AK $513KY $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.