- Colonoscopy
- Ophthalmology
- CataractsIn addition, patients typically pay less coinsurance for procedures performed in the ASC than for comparable procedures in the hospital setting. For example, a Medicare beneficiary could pay as much as $496 in coinsurance for a cataract extraction procedure performed in a hospital outpatient department, whereas that same beneficiary’s co-payment in the ASC would be only $195.
- Cataract SurgeryCurrently, Medicare pays ASCs 58% of the amount paid to hospital outpatient departments for performing the same services For example, Medicare pays hospitals $1,670 for performing an outpatient cataract surgery while paying ASCs only $964 for performing the same surgery.
- Gynecology
- Endoscopy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- General SurgeryPhysicians have taken the lead in the development of ASCs. The first facility was opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1970 by two physicians who saw an opportunity to establish a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to inpatient hospital care for surgical services. Faced with frustrations like scheduling delays, limited operating room availability, slow operating room turnover times, and challenges in obtaining new equipment due to hospital budgets and policies, physicians were looking for a better way―and developed it in ASCs.
- Hysterectomy
- Knee Replacement
- Endometrial Ablation