Commercial payers account for an average of 44 percent of total cases in ASCs, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.
The study uses information from more than 380 centers nationwide representing an aggregate surgical case volume of over 2 million. The data was collected from 2018, 2019 and year-to-date February 2020 time periods.
Average payer mix of total cases by percentage:
Medicare — 36 percent
Medicaid — 10 percent
Commercial — 44 percent
Workers' compensation — 5 percent
Self-pay — 5 percent
Other pay — 14 percent
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