The report based this assumption on average net costs of $4,337 per hospital-based outpatient surgical procedure and $2,429 per freestanding ASC-based procedure, only including procedures performed in both settings.
Here are the top 15 markets that stand to save the most by reaching 80 percent ASC market penetration:
1. Cleveland: $1.08 billion
2. New York: $1.06 billion
3. Chicago: $943.8 million
4. Boston: $909.5 million
5. Long Beach: $619.9 million
6. Detroit: $523.6 million
7. Philadelphia: $316.2 million
8. Milwaukee: $306.4 million
9. Los Angeles: $290.2 million
10. Houston: $246.8 million
11. San Antonio: $238.8 million
12. Kansas City: $228.6 million
13. Columbus, Ohio: $222.2 million
14. Louisville, Ky.: $121.2 million
15. Oklahoma: $207.8 million
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