Here are 52 ASC benchmarks to know on market expenses collected from various sources in the industry.
VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study details statistics on general and administrative operating expenses annually and per day, which is based on an analysis of more than 275 licensed freestanding ASCs, covering more than 1.3 million cases.
As a percent of net revenue
1. All facilities: 16.6 percent
2. Atlantic: 16.9 percent
3. Midwest: 17.5 percent
4. Mountain: 15.9 percent
5. Northeast: 16.1 percent
6. Pacific: 14.8 percent
7. South: 16.8 percent
Per operating room
8. All facilities: $362
9. Atlantic: $354
10. Midwest: $379
11. Mountain: $321
12. Northeast: $468
13. Pacific: $417
14. South: $343
Per case
15. All facilities: $314
16. Atlantic: $283
17. Midwest: $385
18. Mountain: $319
19. Northeast: $305
20. Pacific: $279
21. South: $348
Avanza Healthcare Strategies gathered data from Advancing Surgical Care, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, American Hospital Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CDC, Franklin Trust Ratings, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Moody's Investors Service and The New York Times to create its Outpatient Statistical Snapshot.
Medicare-certified ASCs
22. 2000: 3,028
23. 2017: 5,634
Total Medicare payments to ASCs
24. 2010: $3.3 billion
25. 2015: $4.1 billion
Medicare payments to ASCs per fee-for-service beneficiary
26. 2010: $104
27. 2015: $122
Total Medicare outpatient FFS payments to hospitals
28. 2006: $29 billion
29. 2015: $58 billion
Outpatient costs
30. Average net cost per hospital-based surgical procedure: $4,337
31. Average net cost per freestanding, ASC-based procedure: $2,429
Hospitals
32. 1981: 6,933
33. 2016: 5,534
Average hospital outpatient visits per 1,000 people
34. 1999: 1,817 visits
35. 2015: 2,251 visits
Total community hospital outpatient visits
36. 1994: 383 million
37. 2014: 693 million
HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey compiled data from 15 respondents representing 700-plus surgery centers in the U.S. to detail ASC market expenses.
Commercial payer rates
38. 0 percent: 7
39. <0.9 percent: 0
40. +1 to 1.9 percent: 36
41. +2 to 2.9 percent: 50
42. +3 to 3.9 percent: 7
Medical supplies and implantable device costs
43. 1 to 1.9 percent: 36
44. 2 to 2.9 percent: 29
45. 3 to 3.9 percent: 36
Staff raises
46. 1 to 1.9 percent: 7 percent
47. 2 to 2.9 percent: 86 percent
48. 3 to 3.9 percent: 7 percent
All other ASC expenses
49. <0.9 percent: 14 percent
50. +1 to 1.9 percent: 21 percent
51. +2 to 2.9 percent: 50 percent
52. +3 to 3.9 percent: 14 percent