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Repeat Fluid Tap Through An Infant's Soft Spot

West Virginia 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 negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 4 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$112$97.72 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$100 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,413Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $98 to $155
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $100professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

West Virginia $112 · 48th of 51
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.