ASCs across the country are benchmarking their surgical cases to maximize the value of their centers. In every region, except the Northeast, the average ASC has four operating rooms and two procedure rooms; the average ASC in the Northeast has three operating rooms and two procedure rooms.
Some procedures, such as orthopedics and spine, take longer while other procedures, including epidural steroid injections or colonoscopies, have a shorter procedure time.
Here are 22 statistics on surgical cases per operating room annually and per day, according to the VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.
Surgical cases per OR per year
1. Mean: 1,184
2. 25th percentile: 787
3. Median: 1,104
4. 75th percentile: 1,507
5. 90th percentile: 1,883
By region:
6. Atlantic: 1,225
7. Midwest: 1,063
8. Mountain: 1,042
9. Northeast: 1,324
10. Pacific: 1,111
11. South: 1,098
Surgical cases per day for 250 days
12. Mean: 4.7
13. 25th percentile: 3.1
14. Median: 4.4
15. 75th percentile: 6
16. 90th percentile: 7.5
By region:
17. Atlantic: 4.9
18. Midwest: 4.3
19. Mountain: 4.2
20. Northeast: 5.3
21. Pacific: 4.4
22. South: 4.4