Savings Generated by Surgery Centers

In addition to providing a high-quality patient experience, surgery centers also generate considerable cost savings for both payers and patients. Because ASCs are highly specialized and function on relatively smaller scale, they are able to provide services at a lower price than a full-service hospital. The publications below provide evidence of savings produced by surgery centers.

Medicare Savings

Cost Savings per State

Use this map to learn how many ASCs are in your state, which procedures are most commonly performed in your state and how much money your state saves the Medicare system every year.

Reducing Medicare Costs by Migrating Volume from HOPDs to ASCs

This analysis estimates savings attributed to ASCs for the Medicare program from 2011 to 2018, and projects savings for 2019 through 2028.

Medicare Cost Savings Tied to ASCs

ASCs saved the Medicare program and its beneficiaries $7.5 billion over the four-year period from 2008 to 2011.

Commercial Savings

Shifting Common Procedures to Ambulatory Surgery Centers Can Save Patients More Than $680

Shifting outpatient procedures to ASCs would reduce spending by 59 percent and save consumers $684 on average per procedure.

Performing Joint Replacements in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Could Help 500,000 People Avoid Overnight Hospital Stays

Privately insured individuals and employers could save $2 billion annually if routine hip and knee replacements were performed in ASCs.

Commercial Insurance Cost Savings in Ambulatory Surgery Centers

For the commercially insured population in the U.S., an estimated $37.8 billion is saved annually by using ASCs.