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Repeat Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

Maryland 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 July 2026.

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

$112

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $151.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $389 to $427Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $98 to $282
$100$200$500facility $389professional $112

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$562.34
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 28.8 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$112

CA $3,162DE $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.