A 2016 review of commercial medical-claims data found that US healthcare costs are reduced by more than $38 billion per year due to the availability of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) as a high-quality alternative for patients in need of outpatient surgery. More than $5 billion of the cost reduction accrues to the patient through lower deductible and coinsurance payments. That study also projected that ASCs could reduce costs by $55 billion each year if more procedures were to move into ASCs.
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