Here is how the cost of four common ASC procedures has changed from 2019 to 2024, using data from Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate Blue Health Intelligence's "Rising Prices for Hospital Outpatient Care" brief, published last year and Sidecar Health's care calculator:
Diagnostic colonoscopy
2019: $1,010
2024: $1,136
Cataract surgery
2019: $2,296
2024: $2,733
Colonoscopy screening
2019: $880
2024: $1,136
Ear tympanostomy
2019: $1,582
2024: $1,024