Cost Comparison of Sports Medicine Procedures in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Versus Hospital Outpatient Departments for Medicare Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare costs in the United States are rising in conjunction with an increased utilization of outpatient centers, particularly in sports medicine.

Purpose/hypothesis

The primary purpose of this study was to utilize Medicare data to compare the overall cost of sports medicine procedures performed in the ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient department (HOPD) settings. The secondary purpose of this study was to compare facility fees, surgeon fees, Medicare payments, and patient payments between ASCs and HOPDs. It was hypothesized that procedures performed at ASCs would demonstrate a lower overall cost than those performed at HOPDs.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

Publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare &

SUBMITTER: McCormick JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397571 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature