Definitive Healthcare's database tracks the total charges for Medicare procedures performed at ASCs in various regions in the U.S.
Here are 30 statistics on the top 10 procedure charges in the West, Southwest and Southeast:
West
1. Cataract surgery: $221,183,661
2. Moderate sedation: $96,690,439
3. Moderate sedation services with endoscopy: $59,284,936
4. Colonoscopy and biopsy: $36,534,152
5. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: $33,824,152
6. Colonoscopy with lesion removal: $31,816,899
7. Foramen epidural: $24,936,831
8. Paravertebral facet joint injection: $18,229,596
9. Cataract surgery, complex: $15,054,840
10. Reporting paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction: $13,897,133
Southwest
1. Cataract surgery: $145,323,589
2. Moderate sedation: $56,515,490
3. Moderate sedation services with endoscopy: $33,116,125
4. Colonoscopy and biopsy: $20,634,773
5. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: $19,264,806
6. Colonoscopy and lesion removal: $16,389,489
7. Foramen epidural: $11,902,382
8. Paravertebral facet joint injection: $9,593,096
9. Reporting Paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction: $9,113,088
10. Cataract laser surgery: $8,142,198
Southeast
1. Cataract surgery: $343,011,927
2. Moderate sedation services: $109,617,424
3. Moderate sedation services with endoscopy: $91,185,969
4. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: $54,770,243
5. Colonoscopy with lesion removal: $48,699,259
6. Colonoscopy and biopsy: $44,369,209
7. Paravertebral facet joint injection: $26,056,289
8, Foramen epidural: $23,565,456
9. After cataract laser surgery: $21,220,791
10. Injection: $1,122,493