Patients largely consider surgical cost to be the most important factor when choosing a provider, according to an Advisory Board report.
The report compared Medicare beneficiaries' copays in hospital outpatient departments versus ASCs:
Cataract removal
HOPD: $490
ASC: $193
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
HOPD: $139
ASC: $68
Colonoscopy
HOPD: $185
ASC: $76