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Repeat Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61001

A needle is passed through the soft spot or a suture line on a baby's skull to draw off fluid or blood collecting between the brain and its covering. This is a repeat tap performed after an earlier one, when fluid has built up again. It relieves pressure on the growing brain and provides fluid for testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$275 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$832 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $117 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $437

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
$489.78
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$479

AK $479NY $110

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.