A Bain & Co. report made several predictions on the future of the ASC industry through the mid-2020s.
Analysts believe ASCs will be incredibly lucrative in the coming years. Here are projected procedure volumes complemented by the monetary value of such procedures:
2015:
Total procedure volume: 20 million
Procedure volume in monetary value: $28 billion
2018:
Total procedure volume: 23 million
Procedure volume in monetary value: $35 billion
2021:
Projected procedure volume: 27 million
Procedure volume in monetary value: $43 billion