Definitive Healthcare's database tracks the total charges for Medicare procedures performed at ASCs and hospitals across the U.S.
Here are the top 10 procedures performed for Medicare beneficiaries at ASCs and hospitals in the U.S.:
ASC
1. Cataract surgery - 1,226,120 procedures
2. Moderate sedation for endoscopy - 778,345
3. Moderate sedation - 760,462
4. Botox injection - 569,325
5. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (Egd) biopsy single/multiple - 541,547
6. Colonoscopy and biopsy - 451,144
7. Colonoscopy with lesion removal - 377,657
8. Epidural steroid injection in lumbar spine - 309,858
9. After cataract laser surgery - 283,480
10. Injection into lumbar/sacral spine - 208,145
Hospital
1. Routine venipuncture - 109,135,527 procedures
2. Complete blood count with differential white blood cell count - 95,558,886
3. Comprehensive metabolic panel - 84,921,692
4. Therapeutic exercises - 43,649,139
5. Metabolic panel - 37,665,909
6. Urinalysis auto with scope - 34,599,001
7. Electrocardiogram tracing - 31,152,864
8. Injection of propofol - 30,741,722
9. Assay thyroid stimulating hormone - 28,824,273
10. Lipid panel - 28,364,039