Here is the breakdown of the number of Medicare-certified ASCs in states with certificate-of-need laws, based on a report from ASCA.
The states are arranged by number of ASCs from most to least.
1. Maryland: 340
2. Georgia: 327
3. New Jersey: 268
4. Washington: 196
5. Tennessee: 142
6. New York: 132
7. Illinois: 122
8. North Carolina: 102
9. Michigan: 91
10. Mississippi: 71
11. South Carolina: 71
12. Nevada: 65
13. Virginia: 52
14. Connecticut: 45
15. Alabama: 36
16. Kentucky: 33
17. New Hampshire: 28
18. Iowa: 24
19. Delaware: 23
20. Rhode Island: 23
21. Hawaii: 20
22. Montana: 16
23. Maine: 16
24. Alaska: 15
25. West Virginia: 9
26. Washington, DC: 3
27. Vermont: 1