The report compared Medicare beneficiaries’ copays in hospital outpatient departments versus ASCs:
Cataract removal
HOPD: $490
ASC: $193
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
HOPD: $139
ASC: $68
Colonoscopy
HOPD: $185
ASC: $76
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