How many licensed ASCs are in your state?

Healthcare reform is driving drastic change in the surgery center industry as healthcare legislation causes fluctuation in reimbursement rates, physicians shift towards hospital employment and the pressure to provide quality, cost-effective care increases.

Despite the changes in the industry and across healthcare, there are approximately 5,500 ambulatory surgery centers across the country.

Here are the numbers of ASCs in each state.

1.    Alabama – 42 total state-licensed facilities
2.    Alaska – 15 total state licensed facilities
3.    Arizona – 165 total facilities¹
4.    Arkansas – 60 total state-licensed facilities
5.    California – 754 total facilities
6.    Colorado – 120 total state-licensed facilities
7.    Connecticut – 61 total state licensed facilities
8.    Delaware – 17 total state-licensed facilities
9.    Florida – 606 total state-licensed facilities
10.    Georgia – 341 total state-licensed facilities
11.    Hawaii – 20 total state-licensed facilities
12.    Idaho – 51 total state-licensed facilities
13.    Illinois – 144 total state-licensed facilities
14.    Indiana – 130 total state-licensed facilities
15.    Iowa – 25 total state-licensed facilities
16.    Kansas – 71 total state-licensed facilities
17.    Kentucky – 39 total facilities
18.    Louisiana – 109 total state-licensed facilities
19.    Maine – 17 total state-licensed facilities
20.    Maryland – 325 total state-licensed facilities
21.    Massachusetts – 59 total facilities²
22.    Michigan – 122 total state-licensed facilities
23.    Minnesota – 65 total state-licensed facilities
24.    Mississippi – 69 total facilities
25.    Missouri –109 total facilities
26.    Montana – 18 total state licensed facilities
27.    Nebraska – 48 total state-licensed facilities
28.    Nevada – 60 total state licensed facilities
29.    New Hampshire – 29 total state-licensed facilities
30.    New Jersey – 168 total facilities
31.    New Mexico – 24 total state-licensed facilities
32.    New York – 116 total facilities
33.    North Carolina – 118 total state-licensed facilities
34.    North Dakota – 12 total facilities
35.    Ohio – 201 total facilities
36.    Oklahoma – 48 total state-licensed facilities
37.    Oregon – 92 total state-licensed facilities
38.    Pennsylvania – 297 total facilities
39.    Rhode Island – 9 total state-licensed facilities
40.    South Carolina – 75 total facilities
41.    South Dakota – 19 total state-licensed facilities
42.    Tennessee – 156 total state-licensed facilities  
43.    Texas – 434 total state-licensed facilities
44.    Utah – 81 total facilities
45.    Vermont – 1 state-licensed facility  
46.    Virginia – 51 total state-licensed facilities
47.    Washington – 288 total state-licensed facilities
48.    West Virginia – 9 total facilities³
49.    Wisconsin – 74 total facilities
50.    Wyoming – 18 total facilities

Note: Some of the numbers reflect the state-licensed facilities, whereas others reflect the total number of facilities in that state. Usually, those states with the total number of facilities do not have licensing requirements for ASCs.


¹ Ariz. has 165 Medicare-certified ASCs.
² Includes state licensed and certified facilities
³ W.Va. has nine Medicare-certified ASCs. ASCs are not licensed in W.Va.